ICategory3::AddParentCategory Method [C++]

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Use this method to add the specified category as a parent of this category.

Definition

[C++]

HRESULT ICategory3::AddParentCategory(BSTRstrCategoryName);

[Visual Basic]

Sub AddParentCategory(strCategoryName As String)

Parameters

  • strCategoryName[C++]
    [in] A BSTR that contains the name of the category to be added as a parent to this category.
  • strCategoryName[Visual Basic]
    A String that contains the name of the category to be added as a parent to this category.

Return Values

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

[Visual Basic] None.

Error Values

[C++] 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.

[Visual Basic] This method sets the Number property of the global Err object to S_OK (&H00000000) to indicate success and to either standard or custom COM 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_INVALID_OPERATION_FOR_ROOT_CATEGORY

[C++] 0x889800F8

[Visual Basic] &H889800F8

 This API cannot be called for a root category.
E_CAT_INVALID_CATEG_LENGTH

[C++] 0x88980047

[Visual Basic] &H88980047

 The category name you specified is either blank or exceeds the maximum allowed length of 128 characters or cannot be converted to a string.
E_CAT_VC_INVALID_PROD_ID_OR_CATEGORY_NAME

[C++] 0x889800FB

[Visual Basic] &H889800FB

 The value you specified for the ProductID or CategoryName exceeds the maximum allowed length of 348 characters.
E_CAT_CATEGORY_DOESNT_EXIST

[C++] 0x8898001C

[Visual Basic] &H8898001C

 The category you specified doesn't exist.
E_CAT_INVALID_RELATION

[C++] 0x88980039

[Visual Basic] &H88980039

 An invalid relation is specified. Self relations are not supported.
E_CAT_CATEGORY_ALREADY_ADDED

[C++] 0x8898002D

[Visual Basic] &H8898002D

 The category you specified is already added.
E_CAT_PARENT_CAT_EXISTS_AS_CHILD

[C++] 0x88980052

[Visual Basic] &H88980052

 The category that you specified as a Parent category already exists as a child category for this category.
E_CAT_VC_ERROR_IN_PROPAGATING_BC_CHANGES

[C++] 0x88980101

[Visual Basic] &H88980101

 There was an error in propagating the base catalog changes to the dependent virtual catalogs.

[C++] 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] Additional information may be available using the global Err object. In particular, the Description property may contain a text description of the error.

Remarks

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

[Visual Basic]

Example

myCategory.AddParentCategory "Apparel"

See Also

[C++]Category Object

[C++]ICategory3::AddChildCategory

[C++]ICategory3::RemoveParentCategory

[Visual Basic]Category Object

[Visual Basic]Category.AddChildCategory

[Visual Basic]Category.RemoveParentCategory

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