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// Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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// All rights reserved.
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// This component and the accompanying materials are made available
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// under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
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// which accompanies this distribution, and is available
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// at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
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//
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// Initial Contributors:
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// Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
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//
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// Contributors:
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//
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// Description:
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// <hr>
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// It should be assumed that it is only possible for CAF agents to display 
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// dialogs on screen if the CAF function is called from a thread where
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// a static Uikon environment exists.
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// <hr>
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// CAF provides several APIs that allow a client application to request an agent to
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// display information on the screen. Some agents may not support these calls and leave 
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// with \c KErrCANotSupported.
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// Both the <code>ContentAccess::CContent::DisplayInfoL()</code> function and the 
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// <code>ContentAccess::CManager::DisplayInfoL()</code> function allow the application 
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// to display file information such as last modification date and/or DRM rights information
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// CManager *manager = CManager::NewL();
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// manager->DisplayInfoL(EFileProperties, avirtualPath);
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// Applications can also ask a particular agent to go into management mode, displaying configuration 
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// information on screen, allowing the user to view and set agent specific information.
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// // create manager
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// CManager *manager = CManager::NewL();
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// // Get a list of the agents
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// RPointerArray <CAgent> theAgents;
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// manager->ListAgentsL(theAgents);
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// // Display management info for the first agent
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// manager->DisplayManagementInfoL(*theAgents[0]);
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// <hr> 
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// The agents will display errors on screen when they occur. Once the error has been acknowledged by the user
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// the agent will return the error code to the client application.
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// If a client application does not want errors displayed on screen, it can request to disable the agent UI 
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// using the <code>SetProperty()</code> functions, e.g. <code>ContentAccess::CContent::SetProperty()</code>. 
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// The agent may ignore this request and still present dialogs on screen.
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// CContent *content = CContent::NewL(URI);
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// // Disable UI
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// content->SetProperty(EAgentPropertyAgentUI , 0);
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// // Open CData 
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// CData *data = content->OpenContentL(EPlay, uniqueId);
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// <hr> 
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// Some agents may present confirmation dialogs to the user before allowing them to perform certain operations. A 
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// good example would be when an application tries to delete a DRM protected file. The user may have been purchased the
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// content and may have inadvertently pressed delete. The agent can present a dialog asking "are you sure?"
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// The agent can then return the outcome of the delete to the application, i.e. \c KErrCancel, if the user presses cancel.
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// The application can use the same <code>SetProperty()</code> as above to disable these dialogs, but some agents may ignore that 
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// request and display the dialogs regardless.
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// <hr>
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// The default implementation of the <code>F32AgentUI.DLL</code> does not do anything. If licensees want the
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// \c F32Agent to display information on the screen they should replace the existing <code>F32AgentUI.DLL</code>
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// with one that does support display functions.
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// 
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//
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/**
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 @page CAFUI CAF and the User Interface
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 - @ref UikonEnv
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 - @ref AppDisplay
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 - @ref UIErr
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 - @ref UIConfirmation
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 - @ref F32AgentUi
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 @section UikonEnv Uikon Environment
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 @section AppDisplay Applications asking the agent to display information
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 @code
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 @endcode
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 @code
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 @endcode
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 @section UIErr Error Handling
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 @code
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 @endcode
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 @section UIConfirmation Confirmation Dialogs
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 @section F32AgentUi F32 Agent UI
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*/