MIMEAssociationDialog Function

Runs the unregistered MIME content type dialog box.

Syntax

HRESULT WINAPI MIMEAssociationDialog (
    HWND    hwndParent,
    DWORD   dwInFlags,
    LPCSTR  pcszFile,
    LPCSTR  pcszMIMEContentType,
    LPSTR   pszAppBuf,
    UINT    ucAppBufLen
);

Parameters

hwndParent

Handle to the parent window of any posted child windows.

dwInFlags

Bit flag value that specifies if an association is to be registered. The bit flag is the value MIMEASSOCDLG_FL_REGISTER_ASSOC (0x0001). If this bit is set, the selected application is registered as the handler for the given MIME type. If this bit is clear, no association is registered.

An application is registered only if this flag is set and the user indicates that a persistent association is to be made.

Registration is impossible if the string at pcszFile does not contain an extension.

pcszFile

Address of a null-terminated string that contains the name of the target file. This file must conform to the content type described by the pcszMIMEContentType parameter.

pcszMIMEContentType

Address of a null-terminated string that contains the unregistered content type.

pszAppBuf

Address of a buffer that receives the path of the application specified by the user.

ucAppBufLen

Size of pszAppBuf, in characters.

Return Value

Returns one of the following values:

Returns S_OK if the content type was successfully associated with the extension. In this case, the extension is associated as the default for the content type, and pszAppBuf points to the string that contains the path of the specified application. The function returns S_FALSE if nothing was registered. Otherwise, the return value will be one of the following:

E_ABORT	The user canceled the operation.
E_FLAGS	The flag combination passed in dwInFlags is invalid.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	There was insufficient memory available to complete the operation.
E_POINTER	One of the input pointers is invalid.

Remarks

This function does not validate the syntax of the input content type string at pcszMIMEContentType. A successful return value does not indicate that the specified MIME content type is valid.

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