IAppCfg::GetCountryNameFromCountryCode Method [C++]

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11/12/2009

Use this method to get the country/region name corresponding to the specified country/region code.

Definition

[C++]

HRESULT IAppCfg::GetCountryNameFromCountryCode(BSTRbstrCountryCode,
  BSTR*pbstrCountryName);

[Visual Basic]

Function GetCountryNameFromCountryCode(bstrCountryCode As String) As String

Parameters

bstrCountryCode[C++]
[in] A BSTR that contains the code of the country/region for which the country/region name is being requested.
bstrCountryCode[Visual Basic]
A String that contains the code of the country/region for which the country/region name is being requested.
pbstrCountryName[C++]
[out, retval] The address of a BSTR used to return the requested country/region name.

Return Values

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

[Visual Basic] If this method completes successfully, it returns a String that contains the country/region name. If the name is not found, the country/region code is returned.

Error Values

[C++] 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.

[Visual Basic] This method sets the Number property of the global Err object to S_OK (&H00000000) to indicate success and to standard COM 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. In particular, the Description property may contain a text description of the error.

Remarks

[C++] The pbstrCountryName parameter contains valid data only if the method returns successfully.

If the country/region name is not found, the method returns the country/region code specified in the bstrCountryCode parameter.

Country/region codes and country/region names may be set in Commerce Server Business Desk.

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

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