IUpdateApproval Interface

Applies To: Windows Server Update Services

Use this interface to get information about an approval and to remove the approval. To get this interface, call the following methods: Approve; Approve; GetUpdateApproval; Item.

Namespace:   Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration (in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.dll)

Syntax

public interface IUpdateApproval

public interface class IUpdateApproval

type IUpdateApproval = interface end

Public Interface IUpdateApproval

Properties

	Name	Description
	Action	Gets the action that the client performs when applying the update.
	AdministratorName	Gets the name of the administrator who approved the update for deployment.
	ComputerTargetGroupId	Gets the GUID of the computer target group to which this update approval applies.
	CreationDate	Gets the date and time when the administrator approved the update for deployment.
	Deadline	Gets the date by when the client will be forced to apply the update.
	Id	Gets the GUID of the approval.
	IsOptional	Gets whether this update approval is optional to clients.
	State	Gets the current state of the approval.
	UpdateId	Gets theGUID of the update to which this update approval applies.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Delete()	Removes the approval from the update.
	GetComputerTargetGroup()	Gets the target group to which this approval applies.
	GetHashCode()	Gets the hash code for this update approval, for use in hashing algorithms and data structures such as hash tables.
	GetUpdate()	Gets the update to which this approval applies.

Examples

The following Visual Basic subroutine iterates through all the IUpdateApproval objects in an UpdateApprovalCollection and writes out the deadline, if any.

Sub GetApprovals(ByVal Approvals As UpdateApprovalCollection)
    For Each Approval As IUpdateApproval In Approvals
       If (Approval.Action = UpdateApprovalAction.Install Or Approval.Action = UpdateApprovalAction.Uninstall) Then
          'is there a deadline?
          If (Approval.Deadline <> DateTime.MaxValue) Then
             Debug.WriteLine(Approval.Deadline.ToLongDateString)
          Else
             Debug.WriteLine("None")
          End If
       End If
    Next
End Sub

See Also

Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration Namespace

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