IVssWMComponent::GetDependency method (vsbackup.h)

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02/22/2024

The GetDependency method returns an instance of the IVssWMDependency interface containing accessors for obtaining information about explicit writer-component dependencies of one of the current components.

Syntax

HRESULT GetDependency(
  [in]  UINT             iDependency,
  [out] IVssWMDependency **ppDependency
);

Parameters

[in] iDependency

Offset between 0 and n-1, where n is the number of dependencies associated with this component as specified by the cDependencies member of the VSS_COMPONENTINFO object returned by IVssWMComponent::GetComponentInfo.

[out] ppDependency

Doubly indirect pointer to an instance of the IVssWMDependency interface.

Return value

This method can return one of these values.

Value	Meaning
S_OK	The operation was successful.
E_INVALIDARG	One of the parameter values is not valid.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	The caller is out of memory or other system resources.
VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT	The XML document is not valid. Check the event log for details. For more information, see Event and Error Handling Under VSS.
VSS_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND	The component specified by the index iDependency does not exist.
VSS_E_UNEXPECTED	Unexpected error. The error code is logged in the error log file. For more information, see Event and Error Handling Under VSS. Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP: This value is not supported until Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. E_UNEXPECTED is used instead.

Remarks

The caller is responsible for calling IUnknown::Release to release system resources held by the returned IVssWMFiledesc object.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	vsbackup.h (include VsBackup.h, Vss.h, VsWriter.h)
Library	VssApi.lib