IProduct3::get_ProductID Property [C++]

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11/12/2009

The ProductID property is a read-only String that contains the unique ID for this product.

Definition

[C++]

HRESULT IProduct3::get_ProductID(BSTR*ProductID);

[Visual Basic]

Property ProductID As String

Parameters

ProductID[C++]
[out, retval] The address of a BSTR used to return the product ID.

[Visual Basic] None.

[C++]

Return Values

This method returns an HRESULT indicating whether it completed successfully. See the Error Values section for more details.

Error Values

[C++] This method returns S_OK (0x00000000) to indicate success and standard COM HRESULT error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors. Additional information may be available using the global Err object, which can be accessed using the API function GetErrorInfo. In particular, the GetDescription method of the IErrorInfo interface may return a text description of the error.

[Visual Basic] This property sets the Number property of the global Err object to S_OK (&H00000000) to indicate success and to standard COM error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors. Additional information may be available using the global Err object. In particular, the Description property may contain a text description of the error.

Remarks

[C++] The ProductID parameter contains valid data only if the property was accessed successfully.

The value of this property is a copy of the value of the IdentifyingProductProperty property of the catalog containing this product.

The value of this property will always be "ProductID" for a virtual catalog.

For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.