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g_fShellAPI (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This global variable contains the status of a shell.

Syntax

int g_fShellAPI

Remarks

By default, the notification subsystem interacts with a shell. The notification subsystem must check for the availability of a shell before calling any shell-related APIs, for example, Shell_NotifyIcon and ShellExecuteEx.

The following table shows the possible values for shell status.

Value Description

SHELLAPI_BOOTING

This is the default value, which is set when the notification engine is initialized.

SHELLAPI_READY

The shell is loaded and the shell APIs are ready for use.

SHELLAPI_NONE

No shell is available.

SHELLAPI_WAIT

This counter specifies the number of attempts to make to determine whether the shell has loaded.

Requirements

Header Notifext.cxx
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.10 and later

See Also

Reference

Notification Global Variables