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GetFriendlyName method

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[IHlink::GetFriendlyName may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product.]

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Gets the display name of the target.

Syntax

HRESULT retVal = object.GetFriendlyName(grfHLFNAMEF, ppwzFriendlyName);

Parameters

  • grfHLFNAMEF [in]
    Type: DWORD

    An HLFNAMEF-defined flag value that specifies the display name to return.

  • ppwzFriendlyName [out]
    Type: LPWSTR

    The address of the buffer to receive the display name. This string must be allocated using CoTaskMemAlloc. It is the caller's responsibility to free this string using CoTaskMemFree.

Remarks

The container typically uses the display name to determine how to represent the hyperlink in its user interface.