IShellFolder2::GetDefaultColumnState method (shobjidl_core.h)

Gets the default state for a specified column.

Syntax

HRESULT GetDefaultColumnState(
  [in]  UINT        iColumn,
  [out] SHCOLSTATEF *pcsFlags
);

Parameters

[in] iColumn

Type: UINT

An integer that specifies the column number.

[out] pcsFlags

Type: SHCOLSTATEF*

A pointer to a value that contains flags that indicate the default column state. This parameter can include a combination of the following flags.

SHCOLSTATE_TYPE_STR

A string.

SHCOLSTATE_TYPE_INT

An integer.

SHCOLSTATE_TYPE_DATE

A date.

SHCOLSTATE_ONBYDEFAULT

Should be shown by default in the Windows Explorer Details view.

SHCOLSTATE_SLOW

Recommends that the folder view extract column information asynchronously, on a background thread, because extracting this information can be time consuming.

SHCOLSTATE_EXTENDED

Provided by a handler, not the folder object.

SHCOLSTATE_SECONDARYUI

Not displayed in the shortcut menu, but listed in the More dialog box.

SHCOLSTATE_HIDDEN

Not displayed in the user interface.

SHCOLSTATE_PREFER_VARCMP

Uses default sorting rather than CompareIDs to get the sort order.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Requirements