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IPropertySystem::GetPropertyDescriptionByName method (propsys.h)

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Gets an instance of the subsystem object that implements IPropertyDescription, to obtain the property description for a given canonical name.

Syntax

HRESULT GetPropertyDescriptionByName(
  [in]  LPCWSTR pszCanonicalName,
  [in]  REFIID  riid,
  [out] void    **ppv
);

Parameters

[in] pszCanonicalName

Type: LPCWSTR

A pointer to a string that identifies the property.

[in] riid

Type: REFIID

A reference to the desired IID.

[out] ppv

Type: void**

The address of an IPropertyDescription interface pointer.

Return value

Type: PSSTDAPI

Returns one of the following values.

Return code Description
S_OK
 Indicates that the interface is obtained.
E_INVALIDARG
 Indicates pszCanonicalName is NULL.
TYPE_E_ELEMENTNOTFOUND
 Indicates that the canonical name does not exist in the schema subsystem cache.

Remarks

It is recommended that you use the IID_PPV_ARGS macro, defined in objbase.h, to package the riid and ppv parameters. This macro provides the correct IID based on the interface pointed to by the value in ppv, eliminating the possibility of a coding error.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP with SP2, Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 with SP1 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header propsys.h
DLL Propsys.dll (version 5.0 or later)
Redistributable Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0

See also

IPropertySystem