IUpdate::IsHidden property

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether an update is hidden by a user. Administrators, users, and power users can retrieve the value of this property. However, only administrators and members of the Power Users administrative group can set the value of this property.

This property is read/write.

Syntax

HRESULT put_IsHidden(
  [in]  VARIANT_BOOL value
);

HRESULT get_IsHidden(
  [out] VARIANT_BOOL *retval
);

Property value

Indicates whether the user is hiding the update for installation. VARIANT_TRUE if the update installation is hidden by a user; otherwise, VARIANT_FALSE.

Note  Only administrators and power users can set the value for the IsHidden property.

Error codes

Returns S_OK if successful. Otherwise, returns a COM or Windows error code.

Remarks

An attempt to mark a mandatory update as hidden causes an error.

Requirements

See also

IUpdate