IWMDMMetaData::GetItemCount

The GetItemCount method retrieves the total number of properties held by the interface.

Syntax

HRESULT GetItemCount(UINT*iCount);

Parameters

iCount

[out]  Pointer to an integer that receives the total number of metadata properties stored by the interface.

Return Values

The method returns an HRESULT. All the interface methods in Windows Media Device Manager can return any of the following classes of error codes:

• Standard COM error codes
• Windows error codes converted to HRESULT values
• Windows Media Device Manager error codes

For an extenstive list of possible error codes, see Error Codes.

Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Remarks

This method could be used along with QueryByIndex to enumerate all properties on a storage or device.

Example Code

The following code retrieves the count of properties in an IWMDMMetaData interface (pMetadata) and tries to retrieve them all by index and print them. It uses a custom error handling macro BREAK_HR.

        //
        // Loop through all metadata properties, and print out the value of each.
        //
        BYTE* value;
        WMDM_TAG_DATATYPE type;
        UINT len = 0;
        UINT count = 0;
        WCHAR* name;
        // Get the number of metadata items.
        hr = pMetadata->GetItemCount(&count);

        BREAK_HR(hr, "Got a metadata count in GetMetadata.", "Couldn't get a metadata count in GetMetadata.");
        for(;count > 0; count--)
        {
            // Get the metadata property by index.
            WCHAR* name;
            hr = pMetadata->QueryByIndex(count-1, &name, &type, &value, &len);
            if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
            {
                // TODO: Display the property name.
                CoTaskMemFree(name);

                // Print out the value of the property, according to the value type.
                switch (type)
                {
                case WMDM_TYPE_QWORD:
                case WMDM_TYPE_DWORD:
                case WMDM_TYPE_WORD:
                    // TODO: Display the value.
                    break;
                case WMDM_TYPE_STRING:
                    // TODO: Display the value.
                    // Release the method-allocated property value memory.
                    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
                        CoTaskMemFree(value);
                    break;
                case WMDM_TYPE_BOOL:
                    // TODO: Display the value.
                    break;
                case WMDM_TYPE_BINARY:
                    // TODO: Display the value.
                    break;
                case WMDM_TYPE_DATE:
                    {
                        WMDMDATETIME *val = (WMDMDATETIME*)value;
                        / /TODO: Display the month, day, and year.
                    }
                    break;
                case WMDM_TYPE_GUID:
                    {
                        WCHAR strGuid[64];
                        StringFromGUID2(reinterpret_cast<GUID&>(value),(LPOLESTR)strGuid, 64);
                        / /TODO: Display the GUID.
                    }
                    break;
                default:
                    // TODO: Display a message indicating that the 
                    // application could not understand the returned value type.
                }
            }
            else // Couldn't get the metadata property at index count - 1.
                // TODO: Display a message indicating that the 
                // application couldn't retrieve a value for the index.
        // Clear the WMDM-allocated memory.
        if (value)
            CoTaskMemFree(value);
        }

Requirements

Header: Defined in mswmdm.h.

Library: mssachlp.lib

See Also

• IWMDMMetaData Interface
• Metadata Constants
• QueryByIndex
• Setting Metadata on a File