SHFILEINFOA structure (shellapi.h)

Contains information about a file object.

typedef struct _SHFILEINFOA {
  HICON hIcon;
  int   iIcon;
  DWORD dwAttributes;
  CHAR  szDisplayName[MAX_PATH];
  CHAR  szTypeName[80];
} SHFILEINFOA;

hIcon

Type: HICON

A handle to the icon that represents the file. You are responsible for destroying this handle with DestroyIcon when you no longer need it.

iIcon

Type: int

The index of the icon image within the system image list.

dwAttributes

Type: DWORD

An array of values that indicates the attributes of the file object. For information about these values, see the IShellFolder::GetAttributesOf method.

szDisplayName[MAX_PATH]

Type: TCHAR[MAX_PATH]

A string that contains the name of the file as it appears in the Windows Shell, or the path and file name of the file that contains the icon representing the file.

szTypeName[80]

Type: TCHAR[80]

A string that describes the type of file.

This structure is used with the SHGetFileInfo function.