CatalogManager.AddDefinitionProperty
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Use this method to add an existing property to an existing category or product definition.
Definition
Sub AddDefinitionProperty(strDefinitionName As String,strPropertyName As String)
Parameters
strDefinitionName
A String that contains the name of the definition to which the property will be added.
strPropertyName
A String that contains the name of the property.
Return Values
None.
Error Values
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_CAT_DEFINITION_DOESNT_EXIST | &H8898000B | The specified definition did not exist. |
| E_CAT_PROP_DOESNT_EXIST | &H88980005 | The specified property did not exist. |
| E_CAT_PROP_IN_DEFINITION | &H8898000D | The specified property was already in the definition. |
| OLE_E_BLANK | &H80040007 | The object was not initialized. The Initialize method must be called before calling any other method. |
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 adds a property to a definition. Any products or categories created from the definition will also have the property. A property can only be added to a definition once. A property cannot be used in a product definition as both a property and a variant property.
For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.
Example
myCatalogManager.AddDefinitionProperty "Printers", "Manufacturer"
See Also
CatalogManager.AddDefinitionVariantProperty