DkmClrAppDomain.GetMetaDataBytesPtr(String, UInt32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Clr

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Engine.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Engine v17.8.1101801

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Get a pointer to the raw metadata bytes of the manifest module of the requested assembly that has not been loaded in the debuggee process. NOTE: This pointer value will become invalid if/when the actual module loads in the debuggee process or if the app domain is unloaded.

This API was introduced in Visual Studio 14 RTM (DkmApiVersion.VS14RTM).

public:
 IntPtr GetMetaDataBytesPtr(System::String ^ AssemblyName, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::UInt32 % Size);

public IntPtr GetMetaDataBytesPtr (string AssemblyName, out uint Size);

member this.GetMetaDataBytesPtr : string * uint32 -> nativeint

Public Function GetMetaDataBytesPtr (AssemblyName As String, ByRef Size As UInteger) As IntPtr

Parameters

AssemblyName: String

[In] The fully qualified name of the assembly to load.

Size: UInt32

[Out] The size of the metadata buffer.

Returns

IntPtr

nativeint

[Out] A pointer to the metadata buffer.

Exceptions

COMException

CORDB_E_MISSING_METADATA indicates that the assembly was not found or could not be loaded.

Applies to