# OleUIPromptUser

Displays a dialog box with the specified template and returns the response (button identifier) from the user. This function is used to display OLE warning messages, for example, Class Not Registered.

int OleUIPromtUser(

int nTemplate, | //Resource number of dialog box
HWND hwndParent | //Handle to the parent window of the dialog box
); |

Parameters

nTemplate
  [in] Resource number of the dialog box to display. See Remarks.
hwndParent
  [in] Handle to the parent window of the dialog box. Specifies zero or more optional arguments. These parameters are passed to wsprintf to format the message string.

Return Values

Returns the button identifier selected by the user (template dependent).

Standard Success/Error Definitions

OLEUI_FALSE
  Unknown failure (unused).
OLEUI_SUCCESS
  No error, same as OLEUI_OK.
OLEUI_OK
  The user pressed the OK button.
OLEUI_CANCEL
  The user pressed the Cancel button.

Standard Field Validation Errors

OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN
  Errors common to all dialog boxes lie in the range OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN to OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX. This value allows the application to test for standard messages in order to display error messages to the user.
OLEUI_ERR_STRUCTURENULL
  The pointer to an OLEUIXXX structure passed into the function was NULL.
OLEUI_ERR_STRUCTUREINVALID
  Insufficient permissions for read or write access to an OLEUIXXX structure.
OLEUI_ERR_CBSTRUCTINCORRECT
  The cbstruct value is incorrect.
OLEUI_ERR_HWNDOWNERINVALID
  The hWndOwner value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_LPSZCAPTIONINVALID
  The lpszCaption value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_LPFNHOOKINVALID
  The lpfnHook value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_HINSTANCEINVALID
  The hInstance value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_LPSZTEMPLATEINVALID
  The lpszTemplate value is invalid.
OLEUI_ERR_HRESOURCEINVALID
  The hResource value is invalid.

Initialization Errors

OLEUI_ERR_FINDTEMPLATEFAILURE
  Unable to find the dialog box template.
OLEUI_ERR_LOADTEMPLATEFAILURE
  Unable to load the dialog box template.
OLEUI_ERR_DIALOGFAILURE
  Dialog box initialization failed.
OLEUI_ERR_LOCALMEMALLOC
  A call to LocalAlloc or the standard IMalloc allocator failed.
OLEUI_ERR_GLOBALMEMALLOC
  A call to GlobalAlloc or the standard IMalloc allocator failed.
OLEUI_ERR_LOADSTRING
  Unable to LoadString localized resources from the library.
OLEUI_ERR_OLEMEMALLOC
  A call to the standard IMalloc allocator failed.

Function Specific Errors

OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX
  Errors common to all dialog boxes lie in the range OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMIN to OLEUI_ERR_STANDARDMAX. This value allows the application to test for standard messages in order to display error messages to the user.

Remarks

The following dialog box templates are defined in Windows Interface Guidelines--A Guide for Designing Software. The nTemplate parameter must be a currently defined resource, however, additional templates can be added to prompt.dlg.

    IDD_LINKSOURCEUNAVAILABLE
    IDD_CANNOTUPDATELINK
    IDD_SERVERNOTREG
    IDD_CANNOTRESPONDVERB
    IDD_SERVERNOTFOUND
    IDD_UPDATELINKS

See Also

wsprintf in Win32