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SPFILENOTIFY_TARGETEXISTS message

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The SPFILENOTIFY_TARGETEXISTS notification is sent to the callback routine if the file to be copied was queued with the SP_COPY_NOOVERWRITE flag and that file already exists in the target directory. It can be sent to the callback routine alone or combined, by using the OR operator, with the SPFILENOTIFY_LANGMISMATCH and/or SPFILENOTIFY_TARGETNEWER notifications.

SPFILENOTIFY_TARGETEXISTS
  Param1 = (UINT) FilePathInfo;
  Param2 = (UINT) 0;

Parameters

Param1

Pointer to a FILEPATHS structure that contains information about the paths for the source and target files.

Param2

This parameter is not used unless this notification is combined, by using the OR operator, with the SPFILENOTIFY_LANGMISMATCH notification.

Return value

The callback routine should return one of the following values.

Return code Description
TRUE
 Overwrite the file in the target directory.
FALSE
 Skip the current copy operation.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
 Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
 Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header
Setupapi.h

See also

Overview

Notifications

FILEPATHS

SetupCommitFileQueue

SetupDefaultQueueCallback

SetupInstallFile

SetupInstallFileEx

SetupInstallFromInfSection