IAppxBundleFactory3::CreateBundleReaderFromSourceUri method (appxpackaging.h)

Creates a read-only bundle object that reads its contents from the specified URI, with an optional parameter for specifying the expected digest for the bundle.

Syntax

HRESULT CreateBundleReaderFromSourceUri(
  [in]           LPCWSTR           uri,
  [in, optional] LPCWSTR           expectedDigest,
  [out]          IAppxBundleReader **bundleReader
);

Parameters

[in] uri

An LPCWSTR containing the URI of the bundle location.

[in, optional] expectedDigest

An LPCWSTR containing the expected digest, a hashed representation of the bundle file.

[out] bundleReader

The created IAppxBundleReader instance.

Return value

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an error code that includes, but is not limited to, those in the following table.

Return code	Description
APPX_E_INTERLEAVING_NOT_ALLOWED	The ZIP file delivered by uri is an interleaved OPC package.
APPX_E_RELATIONSHIPS_NOT_ALLOWED	The OPC package delivered by uri contains OPC package/part relationships.
APPX_E_MISSING_REQUIRED_FILE	The OPC package delivered by uri does not have a manifest, or a block map, or a signature file when a CI catalog is present.
APPX_E_INVALID_MANIFEST	The bundle manifest is not valid.
APPX_E_DIGEST_MISMATCH	The digest for the object doesn't match the digest provided in expectedDigest.
E_POINTER	The uri or bundleReader param is NULL.
HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)	The URI specified in uri is not valid.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 11 version 26100
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2025
Header	appxpackaging.h