StgPropertyLengthAsVariant function (propapi.h)

The StgPropertyLengthAsVariant function examines a SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE and returns the amount of memory that this property would occupy as a PROPVARIANT.

Syntax

ULONG StgPropertyLengthAsVariant(
  [in] const SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE *pProp,
  [in] ULONG                         cbProp,
  [in] USHORT                        CodePage,
  [in] BYTE                          bReserved
);

Parameters

[in] pProp

A pointer to a SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE.

[in] cbProp

The size of the pProp buffer in bytes.

[in] CodePage

A property set code page.

[in] bReserved

Reserved. Must be 0.

Return value

Returns the amount of memory the property would occupy as a PROPVARIANT.

Remarks

Use this function to decide whether or not to deserialize a property value in a low-memory scenario. Most applications will have no need to call this function.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	propapi.h
Library	Ole32.lib
DLL	Ole32.dll

See also

StgConvertPropertyToVariant

StgDeserializePropVariant