Shell Functions


SHObjectProperties Function

Invokes the Properties context menu command on a Shell object.

Syntax

BOOL SHObjectProperties(      
    HWND hwnd,     DWORD shopObjectType,     PCWSTR pszObjectName,     PCWSTR pszPropertyPage );

Parameters

hwnd
[in] The handle of the parent window of the dialog box. This value can be NULL.
shopObjectType
[in] A flag value that specifies the type of object.
SHOP_PRINTERNAME
pszObjectName contains the friendly name of a printer.
SHOP_FILEPATH
pszObjectName contains a fully qualified file name.
SHOP_VOLUMEGUID
pszObjectName contains either (a) a volume name of the form \\?\Volume{GUID}\, where {GUID} is a globally unique identifier (for example, "\\?\Volume\{2eca078d-5cbc-43d3-aff8-7e8511f60d0e}\)", or (b) a drive path (for example, "C:\").
pszObjectName
[in] A null-terminated Unicode string that contains the object name. The contents of the string are determined by the flag set in shopObjectType.
pszPropertyPage
[in] A null-terminated Unicode string that contains the name of the property sheet page to be opened initially. Set this parameter to NULL to specify the default page.

Return Value

TRUE if the command is successfully invoked; otherwise, FALSE.

Remarks

Note  This function is available through Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It might be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of Windows.

Function Information

Minimum DLL Versionshell32.dll version 5.0 or later
Custom ImplementationNo
Headershlobj.h
Import libraryshell32.lib
Minimum operating systems Windows 2000
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