ICatalogManager::AddDefinitionVariantProperty
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Use this method to add a variant property to a definition. This method is similar to the AddDefinitionProperty method. The properties added with this method will only be used by product variants.
Definition
HRESULT ICatalogManager::AddDefinitionVariantProperty(BSTRstrDefinitionName,BSTRstrPropertyName);
Parameters
strDefinitionName
[in] A BSTR that contains the name of the definition to which the specified variant property will be added.
strPropertyName
[in] A BSTR that contains the name of the property to be added to the specified definition.
Return Values
This method returns an HRESULT indicating whether it completed successfully. See the Error Values section for more details.
Error Values
This method returns S_OK (0x00000000) to indicate success and either standard or custom COM HRESULT error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors.
The following table shows the custom COM errors that this method can return.
| Constant | Value | Description |
| E_CAT_DEFINITION_DOESNT_EXIST | 0x8898000B | The specified definition did not exist. |
| E_CAT_PROP_DOESNT_EXIST | 0x88980005 | The specified property did not exist. |
| E_CAT_PROP_IN_DEFINITION | 0x8898000D | The specified property was already in the definition. |
| OLE_E_BLANK | 0x80040007 | The object was not initialized. The Initialize method must be called before calling any other method. |
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.
Remarks
This method adds a variant property to a definition. Any product variants created from the definition will also have the property. A property can only be added to a definition once. A property cannot be used in a product definition as both a property and a variant property.
For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.
See Also
ICatalogManager::AddDefinitionProperty