title	IAppHostMethodInstance::GetMetadata Method
description	Learn how the IAppHostMethodInstance::GetMetadata method gets the metadata specified.
ms.date	10/07/2016
ms.assetid	209af03c-7f2c-4884-9ea2-87452cbcff7e

IAppHostMethodInstance::GetMetadata Method

Gets the metadata specified.

Syntax

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

bstrMetadataType
The name of the metadata to retrieve.

pValue
A VARIANT that contains the metadata 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.

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