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FILEDESCRIPTOR

Describes the properties of a file that is being copied by means of the clipboard during an OLE drag-and-drop operation.

Syntax

typedef struct _FILEDESCRIPTOR { 
    DWORD    dwFlags; 
    CLSID    clsid; 
    SIZEL    sizel; 
    POINTL   pointl; 
    DWORD    dwFileAttributes; 
    FILETIME ftCreationTime; 
    FILETIME ftLastAccessTime; 
    FILETIME ftLastWriteTime; 
    DWORD    nFileSizeHigh; 
    DWORD    nFileSizeLow; 
    TCHAR    cFileName[MAX_PATH]; 
} FILEDESCRIPTOR, *LPFILEDESCRIPTOR; 

Members

dwFlags

Array of flags that indicate which of the other structure members contain valid data. This member can be a combination of the following values:

FD_ACCESSTIME	The ftLastAccessTime member is valid.
FD_ATTRIBUTES	The dwFileAttributes member is valid.
FD_CLSID	The clsid member is valid.
FD_CREATETIME	The ftCreationTime member is valid.
FD_FILESIZE	The nFileSizeHigh and nFileSizeLow members are valid.
FD_LINKUI	Treat the operation as "Link."
FD_SIZEPOINT	The sizel and pointl members are valid.
FD_WRITESTIME	The ftLastWriteTime member is valid.

clsid

File class identifier.

sizel

Width and height of the file icon.

pointl

Screen coordinates of the file object.

dwFileAttributes

File attribute flags. This will be a combination of the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ values described in GetFileAttributes.

ftCreationTime

FILETIME structure that contains the time of file creation.

ftLastAccessTime

FILETIME structure that contains the time that the file was last accessed.

ftLastWriteTime

FILETIME structure that contains the time of the last write operation.

nFileSizeHigh

High-order DWORD of the file size, in bytes.

nFileSizeLow

Low-order DWORD of the file size, in bytes.

cFileName

Null-terminated string that contains the name of the file.

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