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ILCreateFromPath function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Returns the ITEMIDLIST structure associated with a specified file path.

Syntax

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PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE ILCreateFromPath(
  __in  PCTSTR pszPath
);

Parameters

pszPath [in]

Type: PCTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated Unicode string that contains the path. This string should be no more than MAX_PATH characters in length, including the terminating null character.

Return value

Type: PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE

Returns a pointer to an ITEMIDLIST structure that corresponds to the path.

Remarks

Call ILFree to release the ITEMIDLIST when you are finished with it.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows XP

Minimum supported server

Windows Server 2003

Header
Shlobj.h

Library
Shell32.lib

DLL
Shell32.dll (version 5.0 or later)

Unicode and ANSI names

ILCreateFromPathW (Unicode) and ILCreateFromPathA (ANSI)

 

 

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Build date: 3/7/2012

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pszPath needs to be a full path
pszPath needs to be a full path, if pszPath is a relative path this function will fail.
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