GetMacAddressFromBlob

The GetMacAddressFromBlob function retrieves the named MAC address from a BLOB.

DWORDGetMacAddressFromBlob(HBLOBhBlob,
const char*pOwnerName,
const char*pCategoryName,
const char*pTagName,
BYTE*pMacAddress);

Parameters

• hBlob
  [in] Handle to a BLOB.
• pOwnerName
  [in] Pointer to the BLOB owner name.
• pCategoryName
  [in] Pointer to the BLOB category name.
• pTagName
  [in] Pointer to the BLOB tag name.
• pMacAddress
  [out] Pointer to the MAC address of the BLOB.

Return Values

If the function is successful, the return value is NMERR_SUCCESS.

If the function is unsuccessful, the return value is a NMERR value that describes the error.

Requirements

Client	Requires Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
Server	Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.
Header	Declared in Netmon.h.
Library	Link to Npptools.lib.
DLL	Requires Npptools.dll.

See Also

SetMacAddressInBlob, GetBoolFromBlob, GetClassIDFromBlob, GetDwordFromBlob, GetNetworkInfoFromBlob, GetNPPAddressFilterFromBlob, GetNPPPatternFilterFromBlob, GetNPPTriggerFromBlob, GetStringFromBlob, GetStringsFromBlob