SHSimpleIDListFromPath.md

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Function name : SHSimpleIDListFromPath

Group: Shell Functions - Library: shell32

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Returns a pointer to an ITEMIDLIST structure when passed a path.

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Code examples:

Accessing the list of Windows Recent Documents

Declaration:

PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE SHSimpleIDListFromPath(
  __in  PCWSTR pszPath
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER SHSimpleIDListFromPath IN shell32;
	STRING pszPath  

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Parameters:

pszPath [in] A pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the path to be converted to a PIDL.

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Return value:

Returns a pointer to an ITEMIDLIST structure if successful, or NULL otherwise.

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Comments:

See also: SHGetPathFromIDList, SHParseDisplayName.

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