HlinkCreateFromMoniker function

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08/15/2017

[HlinkCreateFromMoniker may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.]

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Creates a new system hyperlink object from a moniker, a location string, and a friendly name string that is used to display the hyperlink.

Syntax

HRESULT HlinkCreateFromMoniker(
  _In_  IMoniker   *pimkTrgt,
  _In_  LPCWSTR    pwzLocation,
  _In_  LPCWSTR    pwzFriendlyName,
  _In_  IHlinkSite *pihlsite,
  _In_  DWORD      dwSiteData,
  _In_  IUnknown   *piunkOuter,
  _In_  REFIID     riid,
  _Out_ Void       *ppvObj
);

Parameters

pimkTrgt [in]
The address of the moniker to the hyperlink target for the new hyperlink. This must not be NULL.
pwzLocation [in]
The address of a named location in the hyperlink target that resolves to the hyperlink reference.
pwzFriendlyName [in]
The address of a string to use as the display name for the hyperlink.
pihlsite [in]
The address of the IHlinkSite object for the new hyperlink in the hyperlink container.
dwSiteData [in]
The additional site data for the new hyperlink object.
piunkOuter [in]
The address of the controlling IUnknown interface for the new hyperlink object. If NULL, the new hyperlink object is not aggregated.
riid [in]
The interface to return on the new hyperlink. This is typically IID_IHlink, or IID_IUnknown when piunkOuter is non-NULL.
ppvObj [out]
An indirect pointer to the requested interface.

Return value

Returns S_OK if successful.

Remarks

HlinkCreateFromMoniker is one of three helper functions that you can use to create a hyperlink. HlinkCreateFromData creates a hyperlink from a Component Object Model (COM) object that supports both the IDataObject interface and a hyperlink format CF_HYPERLINK on that IDataObject interface. HlinkQueryCreateFromData is called before the call to HlinkCreateFromData to determine if both these conditions are met.

Use HlinkCreateFromMoniker to create a hyperlink from a COM object when you know the moniker of the object. Use HlinkCreateFromString to create a hyperlink from a COM object when you know the name of the object but not the moniker.

HlinkCreateFromMoniker creates new hyperlinks from an existing target moniker, a location string in the target, and a friendly name string that is used to identify how to display the hyperlink. This method is used as part of a user interface to create new hyperlinks from existing hyperlinks, or to edit existing hyperlinks, using a dialog box or form to prompt for the strings. This function is significantly faster than HlinkCreateFromString.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
Header	Hlink.h
Library	Hlink.lib
DLL	Hlink.dll

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