title	IAppHostConfigFile::GetMetadata Method
description	Learn how the IAppHostConfigFile::GetMetadata method gets metadata from the IIS 7 configuration system.
ms.date	10/07/2016
ms.assetid	7bc68fac-0728-3141-904e-f0c5f833bf3c

IAppHostConfigFile::GetMetadata Method

Gets metadata from the [!INCLUDEiisver] configuration system.

Syntax

HRESULT GetMetadata(  
   [in,  
   string] BSTR bstrMetadataType,  
   [out,  
   retval] VARIANT* pValue  
);

bstrMetadataType
A BSTR that contains the name of the metadata to return.

pValue
A pointer to a VARIANT that contains the metadata.

An HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Value	Description
S_OK	Indicates that the operation was successful.

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on [!INCLUDEwinvista] - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on [!INCLUDEwinsrv2008] - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0 - [!INCLUDEiisexp75], [!INCLUDEiisexp80], [!INCLUDEiisexp100]
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