OleUIPromptUser

Displays a dialog box with the specified template and returns the response (button identifier) from the user. This function is used to display OLE warning messages, for example, Class Not Registered.

int OleUIPromtUser(
  int nTemplate,  //Resource number of dialog box
  HWND hwndParent //Handle to the parent window of the dialog box
);
 

Parameters

nTemplate

[in] Resource number of the dialog box to display. See Remarks.

hwndParent

[in] Handle to the parent window of the dialog box. Specifies zero or more optional arguments. These parameters are passed to wsprintf to format the message string.

Return Values

Returns the button identifier selected by the user (template dependent).

Standard Success/Error Definitions

OLEUI_FALSE

Unknown failure (unused).

OLEUI_SUCCESS

No error, same as OLEUI_OK.

OLEUI_OK

The user pressed the OK button.

OLEUI_CANCEL

The user pressed the Cancel button.

Standard Field Validation Errors

OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN

Errors common to all dialog boxes lie in the range OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN to OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX. This value allows the application to test for standard messages in order to display error messages to the user.

OLEUI_ERR_STRUCTURENULL

The pointer to an OLEUIXXX structure passed into the function was NULL.

OLEUI_ERR_STRUCTUREINVALID

Insufficient permissions for read or write access to an OLEUIXXX structure.

OLEUI_ERR_CBSTRUCTINCORRECT

The cbstruct value is incorrect.

OLEUI_ERR_HWNDOWNERINVALID

The hWndOwner value is invalid.

OLEUI_ERR_LPSZCAPTIONINVALID

The lpszCaption value is invalid.

OLEUI_ERR_LPFNHOOKINVALID

The lpfnHook value is invalid.

OLEUI_ERR_HINSTANCEINVALID

The hInstance value is invalid.

OLEUI_ERR_LPSZTEMPLATEINVALID

The lpszTemplate value is invalid.

OLEUI_ERR_HRESOURCEINVALID

The hResource value is invalid.

Initialization Errors

OLEUI_ERR_FINDTEMPLATEFAILURE

Unable to find the dialog box template.

OLEUI_ERR_LOADTEMPLATEFAILURE

Unable to load the dialog box template.

OLEUI_ERR_DIALOGFAILURE

Dialog box initialization failed.

OLEUI_ERR_LOCALMEMALLOC

A call to LocalAlloc or the standard IMalloc allocator failed.

OLEUI_ERR_GLOBALMEMALLOC

A call to GlobalAlloc or the standard IMalloc allocator failed.

OLEUI_ERR_LOADSTRING

Unable to LoadString localized resources from the library.

OLEUI_ERR_OLEMEMALLOC

A call to the standard IMalloc allocator failed.

Function Specific Errors

OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX

Errors common to all dialog boxes lie in the range OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN to OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX. This value allows the application to test for standard messages in order to display error messages to the user.

Remarks

The following dialog box templates are defined in Windows Interface Guidelines--A Guide for Designing Software. The nTemplate parameter must be a currently defined resource, however, additional templates can be added to prompt.dlg.

IDD_LINKSOURCEUNAVAILABLE 
IDD_CANNOTUPDATELINK 
IDD_SERVERNOTREG 
IDD_CANNOTRESPONDVERB 
IDD_SERVERNOTFOUND 

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Use version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Use Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in oledlg.h.
  Import Library: Included as a resource in oledlg.dll.

See Also

wsprintf in Win32