ILoadFilter interface (filtereg.h)

Defines methods and properties that are implemented by the FilterRegistration object, which provides methods for loading a filter.

Inheritance

The ILoadFilter interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ILoadFilter also has these types of members:

Methods

The ILoadFilter interface has these methods.

 
ILoadFilter::LoadIFilter

Retrieves and loads the most appropriate filter that is mapped to a Shell data source.
ILoadFilter::LoadIFilterFromStorage

Do not use:_this method is not implemented. (ILoadFilter.LoadIFilterFromStorage)
ILoadFilter::LoadIFilterFromStream

Do not use:_this method is not implemented. (ILoadFilter.LoadIFilterFromStream)

Remarks

A filter, also known as a filter handler, is an implementation of the IFilter interface.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header filtereg.h

See also

Conceptual

Developing Filter Handlers

FILTERED_DATA_SOURCES

IFilter

Reference