MaxDescLength

DescAPI version: 2.xx


The MaxDescLength constant defines the maximum allowed description length for items in WhereIsIt's catalogs. This constant contains a different value in DescAPI 1.0 and DescAPI 2.0:

Description API 1.0:

#define MAXDESCLENGTH 4096    // maximum allowed description length in bytes (4 KB)

Description API 2.xx:

#define MAXDESCLENGTH 32768    // maximum allowed description length in bytes (32 KB)

WARNING: Description plugins may not exceed description length when being copied to the result buffer, or they can cause severe errors in the program.

See also:
DescAPI version: 1.0
ImportDesc_SameFile, ImportDesc_ParentItem, ImportDesc_ItemList, ImportDesc_DiskInfo, StoreDescProc

DescAPI version: 2.xx
ImportDesc_SameFileEx, ImportDesc_ParentItemEx, ImportDesc_ItemListEx, ImportDesc_DiskInfoEx, FormatDescription, StoreDescProc