iapphostproperty-setmetadata-method.md

title	IAppHostProperty::SetMetadata Method
description	The IAppHostPropertySetMetadata method sets metadata for the current property. This article describes its syntax, return value, example, and requirements.
ms.date	10/07/2016
ms.assetid	62af8bec-6065-28a8-9186-692602d536f3

IAppHostProperty::SetMetadata Method

Sets metadata for the current property.

Syntax

HRESULT SetMetadata(  
   [in,  
   string] BSTR bstrMetadataType,  
   [in] VARIANT value  
);  

Parameters

bstrMetadataType
A BSTR that contains the name of the metadata being requested.

value
A VARIANT that contains the new metadata.

Return Value

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.
ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED	Indicates that the metadata is not recognized.

Example

The following code example sets the configSource attribute for the system.applicationHost/sites configuration section by using the SetMetadata method.

[!code-cppIAppHostAdminLibrary#4]

Requirements

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]
Header	Ahadmin.h

See Also

IAppHostProperty Interface