HlinkGetSpecialReference function

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

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Gets a string for a given value from the HLSR enumeration.

Syntax

HRESULT HlinkGetSpecialReference(
  _In_  unsigned long uReference,
  _Out_ LPWSTR        *ppwzReference
);

Parameters

• uReference [in]
  The value taken from the HLSR enumeration.

• ppwzReference [out]
  An indirect pointer to the location to return the special reference string. This must not be NULL.

Return value

Returns S_OK if successful, or an error value otherwise.

Remarks

The string returned by this function contains the current user's default home page, search page, or history page.

Requirements

See also

HlinkSetSpecialReference