SHGetPathFromIDList  HU0RA6 

[Now Supported on Windows NT]

Converts an item identifier list to a file system path.

WINSHELLAPI BOOL WINAPI SHGetPathFromIDList(

    LPCITEMIDLIST pidl,

 

    LPSTR pszPath

 

   );

 

 

Parameters

pidl

Pointer to an item identifier list that specifies a file or directory location relative to the root of the name space (the desktop).

pszPath

Pointer to a buffer that receives the file system path. The size of this buffer is assumed to be MAX_PATH bytes.

 

Return Values

Returns TRUE if successful or FALSE if an error occurs   for example, if the location specified by the pidl parameter is not part of the file system.