ICatalogManager3::RemoveDefinitionProperty Method [C++]

Article
11/12/2009

Use this method to remove the specified property or variant property from the specified definition.

Definition

[C++]

HRESULT ICatalogManager3::RemoveDefinitionProperty(BSTRstrDefinitionName,
  BSTRstrPropertyName);

[Visual Basic]

Sub RemoveDefinitionProperty(strDefinitionName As String,
  strPropertyName As String)

Parameters

strDefinitionName[C++]
[in] A BSTR that contains the name of the definition for which the specified property will be removed.
strDefinitionName[Visual Basic]
A String that contains the name of the definition for which the specified property will be removed.
strPropertyName[C++]
[in] A BSTR that contains the name of the property to be removed.
strPropertyName[Visual Basic]
A String that contains the name of the property to be removed.

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.

Name	Value	Description
E_CAT_CATMGR_NOT_INITIALIZED	[C++] 0x889800B [Visual Basic] &H8898005	The CatalogManager object has not been initialized. The CatalogManager object should be initialized before calling this method.
E_CAT_INVALID_DEFINITION_LENGTH	[C++] 0x889800E [Visual Basic] &H889800A	The definition name that you specified is invalid. Definition names should be between 1 and 128 characters in length.
E_CAT_INVALID_PROPERTY_NAME	[C++] 0x889800A [Visual Basic] &H8898002	The property name you specified is invalid. Property Names cannot be blank and cannot exceed 100 characters. Property names cannot begin with a digit and cannot contain one of the following five reserved characters .,"[]
E_CAT_DEFINITION_DOESNT_EXIST	[C++] 0x8898000 [Visual Basic] &H889800B	The definition you specified does not exist.
E_CAT_PROP_NOT_IN_DEFINITION	[C++] 0x8898000 [Visual Basic] &H889800E	The property you specified is not part of that definition.

[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

When you remove a property from a definition, it is also removed from any products, product-variants, or categories created from that definition.

Ee783829.caution(en-US,CS.20).gif Caution

Use caution when using this method. In most cases, calling this method results in the deletion of data.
Removing the last variant property in a product family definition will convert it to a product definition and will remove all existing product variants based on this definition.

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