IEnhancedStorageSilo::GetDevicePath method (ehstorapi.h)

Retrieves the path to the silo device node. The returned string is suitable for passing to Windows System APIs such as CreateFile or SetupDiOpenDeviceInterface.

Syntax

HRESULT GetDevicePath(
  [out] LPWSTR *ppwszSiloDevicePath
);

Parameters

[out] ppwszSiloDevicePath

A pointer to a string that represents the path to the Silo device node.

Return value

This method can return one of these values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	Device path string was retrieved successfully.
E_INVALIDARG	ppwszSiloDevicePath is NULL.

Remarks

The memory to contain the device path string is allocated by the Enhanced Storage API and must be freed by passing the returned pointer to CoTaskMemFree.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista with SP2 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	ehstorapi.h

See also

IEnhancedStorageSilo