HOWTO: Invoke the Shell's File Properties Dialog Box

Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
Article ID: Q179377

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

You can invoke the shell's file Properties dialog box for a file with the ShellExecuteEx API. In the SHELLEXECUTEINFO structure, set the SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST flag and the "properties" verb as follows:

   SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei;

   ZeroMemory(&sei,sizeof(sei));
   sei.cbSize = sizeof(sei);
   sei.lpFile = szPathOfFileToLaunchPropertiesOf;
   sei.lpVerb = "properties";
   sei.fMask  = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST;
   ShellExecuteEx(&sei);

MORE INFORMATION

The SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST mask enables ShellExecuteEx to invoke dynamic verbs added by context menu extensions, as well as verbs statically added in the registry under the file class' shell key.

Keywords          : UsrShell
Version           : WINNT:4.0
Platform          : Win95 winnt
Issue type        : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: January 15, 1998
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