ICatalogManager::Initialize
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Use this method to initialize a CatalogManager object. This method should be called once before calling any other methods or properties.
Definition
HRESULT ICatalogManager::Initialize(BSTRstrConfigString,VARIANT_BOOLfIsADOConnectionString);
Parameters
strConfigString
[in] A BSTR that contains the configuration string.
fIsADOConnectionString
[in, defaultvalue (0)] A VARIANT_BOOL that determines whether the strConfigString parameter refers to an ActiveX Data Object (ADO) connection string or a site name. A value of True indicates an ADO connection string. A value of False indicates a site name.
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_CATMGR_ALREADY_INITIALIZED | 0x88980062 | The CatalogManager objects was already initialized. |
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.