IWiaItemExtras::GetExtendedErrorInfo method (wia_xp.h)

The IWiaItemExtras::GetExtendedErrorInfo method gets a string from the device driver that contains information about the most recent error. Call this method after an error during an operation on a Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) item (such as data transfer).

Syntax

HRESULT GetExtendedErrorInfo(
  [out] BSTR *bstrErrorText
);

Parameters

[out] bstrErrorText

Type: BSTR*

Pointer to a string that contains the error information.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

Applications must call the SysFreeString function to free the string to which bstrErrorText points.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	wia_xp.h (include Wia.h)
Library	Wiaguid.lib
DLL	Wiaservc.dll

See also

IWiaItemExtras