[Now Supported on Windows NT]
CreateViewWindow creates a view window. This can be either the right pane of the Explorer or the client window of a folder window.
RESULT CreateViewWindow(
| ISHELLLINK *lpPrevView, | // Points to previous view |
| LPFOLDERSETTINGS lpfs, | // Points to FOLDERSETTINGS |
| IShellBrowser *psb, | // Points to shell browser |
| RECT *prcView, | // Points to the rect the defines the view size |
| HWND *phWnd | // Points to the returned window handle |
| ); |
Parameters
lpPrevView
Pointer to the view window being exited. Views can use it to talk to a previous view of the same implementation. This can be used to optimize browsing between like views. This pointer may be NULL.
lpfs
Pointer to a FOLDERSETTINGS structure. The view should use this when creating its view.
psb
Pointer to the current instance of IShellBrowser. The view should AddRef this pointer and keep it to allow communication with the Explorer window.
prcView
Specifies the dimensions in client coordinates in which the view should create itself.
phWnd
Pointer to the handle of the window being created.
Return Values
Returns NOERROR if successful or an OLE-defined error value otherwise.
Remarks
This is the call that creates the view.
Notes to Callers
Call this method when the view needs to be created.
Notes to Implementors
Create your view window and restore any persistent state by calling IShellBrowser::GetViewStateStream.
See Also