_Auction::AuctionAddBid

Use this method to add or update a bid on an item. The bid is validated according to all the current rules for the auction.

Definition

HRESULT _Auction::AuctionAddBid(BSTRszAuctionId,BSTRszShopperId,BSTRszBidName,BSTRszEmail,CURRENCYcyBidPrice,longnDesired,VARIANT_BOOLfTakeLess,CURRENCYcyMinimumBid,IDispatch*objErrorList,VARIANT_BOOLbResolve,long*plNumErrors);

Parameters

szAuctionId

[in] A BSTR that contains the unique auction ID.

szShopperId

[in] A BSTR that contains the unique ID of the bidder.

szBidName

[in] A BSTR that contains the name of the bidder.

szEmail

[in] A BSTR that contains the email address of the bidder.

cyBidPrice

[in] A CURRENCY that contains the bid amount.

nDesired

[in] A long that contains the number of wanted items.

fTakeLess

[in] A VARIANT_BOOL that indicates whether the bidder will take less than the wanted number of items. A value of True indicates the bidder will take less. A value of False indicates the bidder will not accept less than the wanted number of items.

cyMinimumBid

[in] A CURRENCY that contains the minimum bid.

objErrorList

[in] A pointer to the IDispatch interface of a SimpleList object that contains a list of errors generated by the MessageManager object.

bResolve

[in, optional, defaultvalue (-1)] A VARIANT_BOOL that indicates whether to call the AuctionResolve method. The default value of True causes the method to be called with the bOptimize parameter of the method set to True. A value of False causes the Auction object to skip the automatic call to the AuctionResolve method.

plNumErrors

[out, retval] A pointer to a long used to return the number of error strings written to the objErrorList object*.*

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 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

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

See Also

Auction Object

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