iapphostadminmanager-getmetadata-method.md

title	IAppHostAdminManager::GetMetadata Method
description	Describes the IAppHostAdminManager::GetMetadata method and details its syntax, parameters, return value, code example, and requirements.
ms.date	10/07/2016
ms.assetid	90d5e0f5-d4be-ac77-27f8-f7cceff48380

IAppHostAdminManager::GetMetadata Method

Gets metadata values from the [!INCLUDEiisver] configuration system.

Syntax

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

Parameters

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

pValue
A pointer to a VARIANT that contains the value of the requested 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 requested metadata is not supported.

Example

The following code example retrieves the availableSections metadata from the configuration schema by using the IAppHostAdminManager::GetMetadata method.

[!code-cppIAppHostAdminLibrary#3]

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

IAppHostAdminManager Interface