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DhcpGetOptionInfoV5 function (dhcpsapi.h)

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The DhcpGetOptionInfoV5 function returns information on a specific DHCP option.

Syntax

DWORD DhcpGetOptionInfoV5(
  [in]  LPWSTR         ServerIpAddress,
  [in]  DWORD          Flags,
  [in]  DHCP_OPTION_ID OptionID,
  [in]  LPWSTR         ClassName,
  [in]  LPWSTR         VendorName,
  [out] LPDHCP_OPTION  *OptionInfo
);

Parameters

[in] ServerIpAddress

Unicode string that specifies the IP address or hostname of the DHCP server.

[in] Flags

Specifies a bit flag that indicates whether or not the option is vendor-specific. If it is not, this parameter should be 0.

Value Meaning
0x00000000
 The option value is retrieved for a default vendor class.
DHCP_FLAGS_OPTION_IS_VENDOR
0x00000003
 The option value is retrieved for a specific vendor class. The vendor name is supplied in VendorName.

[in] OptionID

DHCP_OPTION_ID value that specifies the code for the option to retrieve information on.

[in] ClassName

Unicode string that specifies the DHCP class name of the option. This parameter is optional.

[in] VendorName

Unicode string that specifies the vendor of the option. This parameter is optional, and must be null when Flags is not set to DHCP_FLAGS_OPTION_IS_VENDOR. If it is not set, then the option definition for the default vendor class is returned.

[out] OptionInfo

Pointer to a DHCP_OPTION structure that contains the returned information on the option specified by OptionID.

Note  

The memory for this parameter must be free using DhcpRpcFreeMemory.

 

Return value

This function returns ERROR_SUCCESS upon a successful call. Otherwise, it returns one of the DHCP Server Management API Error Codes.

Return code Description
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
 This call was performed by a client who is not a member of the "DHCP Administrators" security group.
ERROR_DHCP_JET_ERROR
 An error occurred while accessing the DHCP server's database.
ERROR_DHCP_SUBNET_NOT_PRESENT
 The specified IPv4 subnet is not defined on the DHCP server.
ERROR_DHCP_OPTION_NOT_PRESENT
 The specified option definition does not exist in the DHCP server database.
ERROR_DHCP_NOT_RESERVED_CLIENT
 The specified DHCP client is not a reserved client. o

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client None supported
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header dhcpsapi.h
Library Dhcpsapi.lib
DLL Dhcpsapi.dll

See also

DHCP_OPTION

DhcpSetOptionInfoV5