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IProgressDialog::SetLine method (shlobj_core.h)

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Displays a message in the progress dialog.

Syntax

HRESULT SetLine(
       DWORD   dwLineNum,
  [in] PCWSTR  pwzString,
       BOOL    fCompactPath,
       LPCVOID pvResevered
);

Parameters

dwLineNum

Type: DWORD

The line number on which the text is to be displayed. Currently there are three lines—1, 2, and 3. If the PROGDLG_AUTOTIME flag was included in the dwFlags parameter when IProgressDialog::StartProgressDialog was called, only lines 1 and 2 can be used. The estimated time will be displayed on line 3.

[in] pwzString

Type: PCWSTR

A null-terminated Unicode string that contains the text.

fCompactPath

Type: BOOL

TRUE to have path strings compacted if they are too large to fit on a line. The paths are compacted with PathCompactPath.

pvResevered

Type: LPCVOID

Reserved. Set to NULL.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

This function is typically used to display a message such as "Item XXX is now being processed." typically, messages are displayed on lines 1 and 2, with line 3 reserved for the estimated time.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shlobj_core.h
DLL Shell32.dll (version 5.0 or later)

See also

IProgressDialog