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IMessengerService::MyFriendlyName property

[MyFriendlyName is no longer available for use as of Windows Vista. See Windows Messenger for more information.]

Retrieves the local user's friendly name that corresponds to the selected service.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

HRESULT get_MyFriendlyName(
  [out, retval] BSTR *pbstrName
);

Property value

Pointer to a BSTR containing the friendly name for the local user of this service.

Error codes

Returns one of the following values.

Name Meaning
S_OK
Success.
RPC_X_NULL_REF_POINTER
pbstrName is a NULL pointer.
E_FAIL
pbstrName returned a NULL string.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
String comparison failed.
MSGR_E_NOT_LOGGED_ON
This service is offline.

Remarks

The following table lists error codes returned by this method.

Error Code Meaning
0x80004005 pbstrName returned a NULL string.
0x8007000E String comparison failed.
MSGR_E_NOT_LOGGED_ON The local user is not logged in to the selected service.

For a table of MSGR_E_* constants, see MSGRConstants.

Note

This property is not available for scripting languages.

Examples

The following Visual Basic example shows the use of this method.

Public WithEvents MsgrUIA As MessengerAPI.Messenger
Public MsgrServices As MessengerAPI.IMessengerServices

Private Sub btnServicesCount_Click()
    On Error Resume Next
    MsgBox("Services Count= " & CStr(MsgrServices.Count))
    ErrorTrap ("MsgrServices.Count")    'Error handling routine
End Sub

Requirements

End of client support
Windows XP
End of server support
Windows Server 2003
Header
Msgrua.h
IDL
Msgrua.idl
DLL
Msgsc.dll

See also

IMessengerService

MySigninName

MyStatus