IMetaDataEmit::DefineField Method

Creates a definition for a field with the specified metadata signature, and gets a token to that field definition.

HRESULT DefineField ( 
    [in]  mdTypeDef   td, 
        [in]  LPCWSTR     szName, 
    [in]  DWORD       dwFieldFlags, 
        [in]  PCCOR_SIGNATURE pvSigBlob, 
    [in]  ULONG       cbSigBlob, 
    [in]  DWORD       dwCPlusTypeFlag, 
    [in]  void const  *pValue, 
    [in]  ULONG       cchValue, 
    [out] mdFieldDef  *pmd 
);

Parameters

• td
  [in] The mdTypeDef token for the enclosing class or interface.

• szName
  [in] The field name in Unicode.

• dwFieldFlags
  [in] The field attributes.

• pvSigBlob
  [in] The field signature as a BLOB.

• cbSigBlob
  [in] The count of bytes in pvSigBlob.

• dwCPlusTypeFlage
  [in] The ELEMENT_TYPE_* for the constant value.

• pValue
  [in] The constant value for the field.

• cchValue
  [in] The size in (Unicode) characters of pValue.

• pmd
  [out] The mdFieldDef token assigned.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family

Header: Cor.h

Library: Used as a resource in MSCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Version: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

See Also

Concepts

IMetaDataEmit Interface

IMetaDataEmit2 Interface