IShellLinkA::SetDescription method (shobjidl_core.h)

Sets the description for a Shell link object. The description can be any application-defined string.

Syntax

HRESULT SetDescription(
  LPCSTR pszName
);

Parameters

pszName

Type: LPCTSTR

A pointer to a buffer containing the new description string.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

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

Remarks

For Windows 2000 or later, the string specified by pszName must be no larger than INFOTIPSIZE. For systems prior to Windows 2000, the size of the string is limited by MAX_PATH.

Requirements