InstAPI.GetInstRegPathByName(String, SQL_SVCS, StringBuilder, UInt32) Method
Definition
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Retrieves the registry path for a specific SQL instance and service by the given friendly instance name.
public:
static bool GetInstRegPathByName(System::String ^ instanceName, Microsoft::SqlServer::SQL_SVCS product, System::Text::StringBuilder ^ registryPath, System::UInt32 % bufferSize);
public static bool GetInstRegPathByName (string instanceName, Microsoft.SqlServer.SQL_SVCS product, System.Text.StringBuilder registryPath, ref uint bufferSize);
static member GetInstRegPathByName : string * Microsoft.SqlServer.SQL_SVCS * System.Text.StringBuilder * uint32 -> bool
Public Shared Function GetInstRegPathByName (instanceName As String, product As SQL_SVCS, registryPath As StringBuilder, ByRef bufferSize As UInteger) As Boolean
Parameters
- product
- SQL_SVCS
The SQL service.
- registryPath
- StringBuilder
A pointer to a buffer to receive the registry path.
- bufferSize
- UInt32
A pointer to a DWORD value to supply the length of the buffer. Returns the required length if the supplied buffer is too small.
Returns
true
if the call succeeded; otherwise, false
.