SetupPromptForDisk  _8UFYU 

[New - Windows NT]

The SetupPromptForDisk function displays a dialog box that prompts the user for a disk.

UINT SetupPromptForDisk(

Parameters

hwndParent

Handle to the parent window for this dialog box.

DialogTitle

This optional parameter points to a null-terminated string specifying the dialog title. If this parameter is NULL, the default of   %s--Files Needed   (localized) is used. The  %s  is replaced with the text retrieved from the parent window. If no text is retrieved from the parent window, the title is  Files Needed .

DiskName

This optional parameter points to a null-terminated string specifying the name of the disk to insert. If this parameter is NULL, the default  (Unknown)  (localized) is used.

PathToSource

This optional parameter points to a null-terminated string specifying the path part of the expected location of the file, for example, F:\mips. If not specified, the path where SetupPromptForDisk most recently successfully located a file is used. If that list is empty, a system default is used.

FileSought

Pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the name of the file needed (filename part only). The filename is displayed if the user clicks on the Browse button. This routine looks for the file using its compressed form names; therefore, you can pass cmd.exe and not worry that the file actually exists as cmd.ex_ on the source media.

TagFile

This optional parameter points to a null-terminated string specifying a tag file (filename part only) that identifies the presence of a particular removable media volume. If the currently selected path would place the file on removable media and a tag file is specified, SetupPromptForDisk looks for the tag file at the root of the drive to determine whether to continue.

For example, if PathToSource is A:\i386, the tagfile is disk1.tag, and the user types B:\i386 into the edit control of the prompt dialog box, the routine looks for B:\disk1.tag to determine whether to continue. If the tag file is not found, the function looks for the tagfile using PathToSource.

If a tag file is not specified, removable media works just like non-removable media and FileSought is looked for before continuing.

DiskPromptStyle

Specifies the behavior of the dialog box. This can be a combination of the following flags:

IDF_CHECKFIRST

Check for the file/disk before displaying the prompt dialog box, and, if present, return DPROMPT_SUCCESS immediately.

IDF_NOBEEP

Prevent the dialog box from beeping to get the user s attention when it first appears.

IDF_NOBROWSE

Do not display the browse option.

IDF_NOCOMPRESSED

Do not check for compressed versions of the source file.

IDF_NODETAILS

Do not display detail information.

IDF_NOFOREGROUND

Prevent the dialog box from becoming the foreground window.

IDF_NOSKIP

Do not display the skip option.

IDF_OEMDISK

Prompt for a disk supplied by a hardware manufacturer.

IDF_WARNIFSKIP

Warn the user that skipping a file may affect the installation.

PathBuffer

This optional parameter points to a caller-supplied buffer that, upon return, receives the path (no filename) of the location specified by the user through the dialog box.

PathBufferSize

Specifies the size of the buffer pointed to by PathBuffer. It should be at least MAX_PATH long.

PathRequiredSize

This optional parameter points to a caller-supplied variable that receives the required size for PathBuffer.

Return Values

The function returns one of the following values:

DPROMPT_SUCCESS

The requested disk/file is present and accessible. If PathBuffer was specified, it contains the path to the file (not including the filename).

DPROMPT_CANCEL

The user clicked on the Cancel button.

DPROMPT_SKIPFILE

The user clicked on the Skip File button.

DPROMPT_BUFFERTOOSMALL

The provided PathBuffer is too small. Check PathRequiredSize for the actual size needed for the buffer.

DPROMPT_OUTOFMEMORY

There is insufficient memory to process the request.

Remarks

For the Unicode version of this function, the buffer sizes ReturnBufferSize and RequiredSize are specified in number of characters. This number includes the null terminator. For the ANSI version of this function, the sizes are specified in number of bytes.

If this function is called with a ReturnBuffer of NULL and a ReturnBufferSize of zero, the function puts the buffer size needed to hold the specified data into the variable pointed to by RequiredSize. If the function succeeds in this, the return value is NO_ERROR. Otherwise, the return value is one of the values specified preceding.

Thus, you can call the function once to get the required buffer size, allocate the necessary memory, and then call the function a second time to retrieve the data. Using this technique, you can avoid errors due to an insufficient buffer size.

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