IWMPropertyVault::GetPropertyByName method (wmsdkidl.h)

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The GetPropertyByName method retrieves a property from the vault by its name.

Syntax

HRESULT GetPropertyByName(
  [in]      LPCWSTR           pszName,
  [out]     WMT_ATTR_DATATYPE *pType,
  [out]     BYTE              *pValue,
  [in, out] DWORD             *pdwSize
);

Parameters

[in] pszName

Pointer to a null-terminated string containing the name of the property to be retrieved.

[out] pType

Pointer to a member of the WMT_ATTR_DATATYPE enumeration type. This parameter specifies the type of data pointed to by pValue.

[out] pValue

Pointer to a data buffer containing the value of the property. This value can be one of several types. The type of data that the buffer contains on output is specified by the value of pType.

[in, out] pdwSize

Pointer to a DWORD containing the size, in bytes, of the data at pValue.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Remarks

You must make two calls to GetPropertyByName to properly retrieve the value of the property. On the first call, pass NULL for pValue. When the call returns, pdwSize will point to the correct sizes of the buffer. Then on the second call, pass a properly sized buffer as pValue to receive the data.

Requirements

See also

IWMPropertyVault Interface

IWMPropertyVault::GetPropertyByIndex

IWMPropertyVault::SetProperty