IPropertySetter::SaveToBlob method

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Note

[Deprecated. This API may be removed from future releases of Windows.]

 

The SaveToBlob method saves the property data to a persistence format.

Syntax

HRESULT SaveToBlob(
  [out] LONG *pcSize,
  [out] BYTE **ppb
);

Parameters

pcSize [out]

Receives the size of the data, in bytes.

ppb [out]

Receives a pointer to an array of bytes that receives the data.

Return value

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

The method allocates memory for the byte array. The caller must free it, using the CoTaskMemFree function.

All property names and values are truncated to 40 characters in length. For this reason, XML is the preferred persistence format. See IXml2Dex Interface.

Note

The header file Qedit.h is not compatible with Direct3D headers later than version 7.

 

Note

To obtain Qedit.h, download the Microsoft Windows SDK Update for Windows Vista and .NET Framework 3.0. Qedit.h is not available in the Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.

 

Requirements

Requirement Value
Header
Qedit.h
Library
Strmiids.lib

See also

IPropertySetter Interface

Error and Success Codes