IHWEventHandler::HandleEvent method (shobjidl.h)

Handles AutoPlay device events for which there is no content of the type the application is registered to handle.

Syntax

HRESULT HandleEvent(
  [in] LPCWSTR pszDeviceID,
  [in] LPCWSTR pszAltDeviceID,
  [in] LPCWSTR pszEventType
);

[in] pszDeviceID

Type: LPCWSTR

A pointer to a string buffer that contains the device ID.

[in] pszAltDeviceID

Type: LPCWSTR

A pointer to a string buffer that contains the alternate device ID. The alternate device ID is more human-readable than the primary device ID.

[in] pszEventType

Type: LPCWSTR

A pointer to a string buffer that contains the event type. The event types include DeviceArrival, DeviceRemoval, MediaArrival, and MediaRemoval.

Type: HRESULT

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

The event types are not C/C++ language constants; they are literal text strings.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	shobjidl.h
DLL	Shimgvw.dll