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The Mini Shell Extension Framework – Part III

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Discussion of a small C++ framework to create Windows shell extensions (IShellFolderImpl).
//
// (C) Copyright by Victor Derks <vba64@xs4all.nl>
//
// See README.TXT for the details of the software licence.
//
#pragma once

// Purpose: The CIDLData_CreateFromIDArray is documented but the prototype and 
//          the import library are missing (Platform SDK WinXP SP2)

#include <shellapi.h>
#include "macros.h"

extern "C"
SHSTDAPI
CIDLData_CreateFromIDArray(const ITEMIDLIST* pidlFolder, UINT cidl, const ITEMIDLIST** pidlItems, IDataObject** ppdataobject);


#pragma comment(lib, "shell32missing")


namespace MSF
{

inline CComPtr<IDataObject> CIDLData_CreateFromIDArray(const ITEMIDLIST* pidlFolder, UINT cidl, const ITEMIDLIST** pidlItems)
{
	CComPtr<IDataObject> dataobject;

	RaiseExceptionIfFailed(
		::CIDLData_CreateFromIDArray(pidlFolder, cidl, pidlItems, &dataobject));

	return dataobject;
}

} // end namespace MSF

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Software Developer (Senior) Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science
Netherlands Netherlands
Victor lives in Nijmegen, the oldest city in The Netherlands.
He studied Applied Physics in Delft and works Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science.

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