IListManager::SetListProperty Method [C++]

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11/12/2009

Use this method to set a property of a list.

Definition

[C++]

HRESULT IListManager::SetListProperty(VARIANTlistID,
  BSTRlistPropertyName,
  VARIANTListProp);

[Visual Basic]

Sub SetListProperty(listID As Variant,
  listPropertyName As String,
  ListProp As Variant)

Parameters

listID[C++]
[in] A VARIANT that contains the ID or name of the list.
listID[Visual Basic]
A Variant that contains the ID or name of the list.
listPropertyName[C++]
[in] A BSTR that contains the property name (column of the lm_master table).
listPropertyName[Visual Basic]
A String that contains the property name (column of the lm_master table).
ListProp[C++]
[in] A VARIANT that contains the value to set the property.
ListProp[Visual Basic]
A Variant that contains the value to set the property.

[C++]

Return Values

This method returns an HRESULT indicating whether it completed successfully. See the Error Values section for more details.

Error Values

[C++] This method returns S_OK (0x00000000) to indicate success and either standard or custom COM HRESULT error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors.

[Visual Basic] This method sets the Number property of the global Err object to S_OK (&H00000000) to indicate success and to either standard or custom COM error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors.

The following table shows the custom COM errors that this method can return.

Constant	Value	Description
E_LM_LIST_BUSY	[C++] 0x8C400008 [Visual Basic] &H8C400008	The specified list is currently busy with another operation.
E_LM_LIST_IN_FAILED_STATE	[C++] 0x8C40001D [Visual Basic] &H8C40001D	The specified list is in a FAILED state and may not be used for the operation.
E_LM_LIST_MUST_BE_DYNAMIC	[C++] 0x8C400012 [Visual Basic] &H8C400012	The operation requires a dynamic list and the specified list is not a dynamic list.
E_LM_LIST_NOT_FOUND	[C++] 0x8C400006 [Visual Basic] &H8C400006	The specified list does not exist.
E_LM_LISTPROP_NOT_UPDATEABLE	[C++] 0x8C400013 [Visual Basic] &H8C400013	The specified list property cannot be changed after the list has been created.
E_LM_SQLERROR	[C++] 0x8C400003 [Visual Basic] &H8C400003	Error while executing SQL/ADO operation.
OLE_E_BLANK	[C++] 0x80040007 [Visual Basic] &H80040007	The ListManager object has not been properly initialized.

[C++] Additional information may be available using the global Err object, which can be accessed using the API function GetErrorInfo. In particular, the GetDescription method of the IErrorInfo interface may return a text description of the error.

[Visual Basic] Additional information may be available using the global Err object. In particular, the Description property may contain a text description of the error.

Remarks

This method is usually used to change properties of a dynamic list, such as the table name, connection string, or SQL query from which a dynamic list is created.

The following properties may be set by this method:

list_name
list_description
list_userflags
list_err_limit (dynamic lists only)
list_query (dynamic lists only)
list_source (dynamic lists only)

For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.

[Visual Basic]

Example

oListManager.SetListProperty "{454799A2-312B-4F5F-90A0-F514FBA0EC5A}", _
 "list_userflags", 12)

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