IUpdate.GetUpdateApprovals(IComputerTargetGroup, UpdateApprovalAction, DateTime, DateTime)

Retrieves a collection of approvals for this update based on the given criteria.

public UpdateApprovalCollection GetUpdateApprovals(IComputerTargetGrouptargetGroup,
UpdateApprovalActionapprovalAction,
DateTimefromApprovalDate,
DateTimetoApprovalDate);

Public Function GetUpdateApprovals( _
  ByVal targetGroup As IComputerTargetGroup, _
  ByVal approvalAction As UpdateApprovalAction, _
  ByVal fromApprovalDate As DateTime, _
  ByVal toApprovalDate As DateTime _
) As UpdateApprovalCollection
Implements IUpdate.GetUpdateApprovals

Parameters

• targetGroup
  Target group for which you want to retrieve a list of approvals for this update.
• approvalAction
  Retrieve only approvals that contain the given approval action. To include all approval actions, set to UpdateApprovalAction.All.
• fromApprovalDate
  Begin date that is used to search for approvals. Specify the date in Coordinated Universal Time.
• toApprovalDate
  End date that is used to search for approvals. Specify the date in Coordinated Universal Time.

Return Value

An UpdateApprovalCollection collection that contains the list of approvals for this update based on the given criteria. The collection is empty if the approval does not match the criteria.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	targetGroup cannot be null.
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	fromApprovalDate cannot be greater than toApprovalDate, or the value of approvalAction is not valid.
WsusObjectNotFoundException	The update was not found in the database.

Remarks

To retrieve all approvals for this update, call IUpdate.GetUpdateApprovals().

Requirements

Server	Requires Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server SP4 and later.
Namespace	Defined in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.
Assembly	Requires Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration (in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.dll).
.NET Framework	Requires .NET Framework 1.1.