ICategory::get_ChildCategories
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The ChildCategories property is a read-only Recordset object that contains the names of categories that exist below this category in the hierarchy.
Definition
HRESULT ICategory::get_ChildCategories(_Recordset**ChildCategories);
Parameters
ChildCategories
[out, retval] A _Recordset object used to return the child categories.
Return Values
This method returns an HRESULT indicating whether it completed successfully.
Error Values
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.
Remarks
The ChildCategories parameter contains valid data only if the property is accessed successfully.
The ChildCategories recordset contains a row for each of the categories that are currently children of this category. The following table lists the fields for the ChildCategories recordset.
| Field | Data Type | Description |
| CategoryName | String maximum of 128 characters |
The name of the category. |
| DefinitionName | String maximum of 128 characters |
The name of the definition. |
| CatalogName | String maximum of 128 characters |
The name of the Catalog that contains the category. |
If this category has no children, an empty recordset is returned whose EOF property is set to VARIANT_TRUE. Your code should check the value of this property to determine if child categories exist.
See Also
ICategory::get_ParentCategories