SOFTDISTINFO structure (urlmon.h)

Contains information about a software update.

Syntax

typedef struct _tagSOFTDISTINFO {
  ULONG  cbSize;
  DWORD  dwFlags;
  DWORD  dwAdState;
  LPWSTR szTitle;
  LPWSTR szAbstract;
  LPWSTR szHREF;
  DWORD  dwInstalledVersionMS;
  DWORD  dwInstalledVersionLS;
  DWORD  dwUpdateVersionMS;
  DWORD  dwUpdateVersionLS;
  DWORD  dwAdvertisedVersionMS;
  DWORD  dwAdvertisedVersionLS;
  DWORD  dwReserved;
} SOFTDISTINFO, *LPSOFTDISTINFO;

Members

cbSize

Type: ULONG

The size of the structure, in bytes.

dwFlags

Type: DWORD

This parameter can take one of the following values.

SOFTDIST_FLAG_USAGE_EMAIL

SOFTDIST_FLAG_USAGE_PRECACHE

SOFTDIST_FLAG_USAGE_AUTOINSTALL

SOFTDIST_FLAG_DELETE_SUBSCRIPTION

dwAdState

Type: DWORD

The advertised state. It can take one of the following values.

SOFTDIST_ADSTATE_NONE (0x00000000)

"Update available" dialog box has not been presented to the user.

SOFTDIST_ADSTATE_AVAILABLE (0x00000001)

"Files downloaded" dialog box has not been presented to the user.

SOFTDIST_ADSTATE_DOWNLOADED (0x00000002)

"Program installed" dialog box has not been presented to the user.

SOFTDIST_ADSTATE_INSTALLED (0x00000003)

"Program installed" dialog box has been presented to the user.

szTitle

Type: LPWSTR

A string that contains the contents of the TITLE flag from the associated .cdf file.

szAbstract

Type: LPWSTR

A string that contains the contents of the ABSTRACT flag from the associated .cdf file.

szHREF

Type: LPWSTR

A string that contains the URL of the webpage to advertise or install the update.

dwInstalledVersionMS

Type: DWORD

The most-significant unsigned long integer value of the installed version number.

dwInstalledVersionLS

Type: DWORD

The least-significant unsigned long integer value of the installed version number.

dwUpdateVersionMS

Type: DWORD

The most-significant unsigned long integer value of the update version number.

dwUpdateVersionLS

Type: DWORD

The least-significant unsigned long integer value of the update version number.

dwAdvertisedVersionMS

Type: DWORD

The most-significant unsigned long integer value of the advertised version number.

dwAdvertisedVersionLS

Type: DWORD

The least-significant unsigned long integer value of the advertised version number.

dwReserved

Type: DWORD

Reserved. Must be set to zero.

Remarks

The most-significant unsigned long integer of a version number contains the major and minor version numbers. The least-significant unsigned long integer of the version number contains the custom version and build numbers.

Requirements