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PROPDESC_FORMAT_FLAGS enumeration (propsys.h)

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Used by property description helper functions, such as PSFormatForDisplay, to indicate the format of a property string.

Syntax

typedef enum PROPDESC_FORMAT_FLAGS {
  PDFF_DEFAULT = 0,
  PDFF_PREFIXNAME = 0x1,
  PDFF_FILENAME = 0x2,
  PDFF_ALWAYSKB = 0x4,
  PDFF_RESERVED_RIGHTTOLEFT = 0x8,
  PDFF_SHORTTIME = 0x10,
  PDFF_LONGTIME = 0x20,
  PDFF_HIDETIME = 0x40,
  PDFF_SHORTDATE = 0x80,
  PDFF_LONGDATE = 0x100,
  PDFF_HIDEDATE = 0x200,
  PDFF_RELATIVEDATE = 0x400,
  PDFF_USEEDITINVITATION = 0x800,
  PDFF_READONLY = 0x1000,
  PDFF_NOAUTOREADINGORDER = 0x2000
} ;

Constants

 
PDFF_DEFAULT
Value: 0
Use the format settings specified in the property's .propdesc file.
PDFF_PREFIXNAME
Value: 0x1
Precede the value with the property's display name. If the hideLabelPrefix attribute of the labelInfo element in the property's .propinfo file is set to true, then this flag is ignored.
PDFF_FILENAME
Value: 0x2
Treat the string as a file name.
PDFF_ALWAYSKB
Value: 0x4
Byte sizes are always displayed in KB, regardless of size. This enables clean alignment of the values in the column. This flag applies only to properties that have been declared as type Integer in the displayType attribute of the displayInfo element in the property's .propinfo file. This flag overrides the numberFormat setting.
PDFF_RESERVED_RIGHTTOLEFT
Value: 0x8
Reserved.
PDFF_SHORTTIME
Value: 0x10
Display time as "hh:mm am/pm".
PDFF_LONGTIME
Value: 0x20
Display time as "hh:mm:ss am/pm".
PDFF_HIDETIME
Value: 0x40
Hide the time portion of datetime.
PDFF_SHORTDATE
Value: 0x80
Display date as "MM/DD/YY". For example, "03/21/04".
PDFF_LONGDATE
Value: 0x100
Display date as "DayOfWeek, Month day, year". For example, "Monday, March 21, 2009".
PDFF_HIDEDATE
Value: 0x200
Hide the date portion of datetime.
PDFF_RELATIVEDATE
Value: 0x400
Use friendly date descriptions. For example, "Yesterday".
PDFF_USEEDITINVITATION
Value: 0x800
Return the invitation text if formatting failed or the value was empty. Invitation text is text displayed in a text box as a cue for the user, such as "Enter your name". Formatting can fail if the data entered is not of an expected type, such as when alpha characters have been entered in a phone-number field.
PDFF_READONLY
Value: 0x1000
If this flag is used, the PDFF_USEEDITINVITATION flag must also be specified. When the formatting flags are PDFF_READONLY		 PDFF_USEEDITINVITATION and the algorithm would have shown invitation text, a string is returned that indicates the value is "Unknown" instead of returning the invitation text.
PDFF_NOAUTOREADINGORDER
Value: 0x2000
Do not detect reading order automatically. Useful when converting to ANSI to omit the Unicode reading order characters. However, reading order characters for some values are still returned.

Remarks

These values are defined in propsys.h and propsys.idl.

Typically use one, or a bitwise combination of these flags to specify format. Some flags are mutually exclusive, for example PDFF_SHORTTIME | PDFF_LONGTIME | PDFF_HIDETIME, is not allowed.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Header propsys.h