[Protected Storage (Pstore) is available for use in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000. It is only available for read-only operations in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, but may be unavailable in subsequent versions. Pstore uses an older implementation of data protection. Developers are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the stronger data protection provided by the CryptProtectData and CryptUnprotectData functions.]
[This interface may be altered or unavailable in future versions of Windows.]
Provides COM-standard methods to manage protected storage data items. The PStoreCreateInstance method returns a pointer to this interface.
Methods
The IPStore interface inherits the methods of the IUnknown interface.
In addition, IPStore defines the following methods.
| Method | Description |
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CloseItem |
Closes a specified data item from protected storage.
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CreateType |
Creates the specified type with the specified name.
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CreateSubtype |
Creates the specified subtype within the specified type.
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DeleteItem |
Deletes the specified item from the protected storage.
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DeleteSubtype |
Deletes the specified item subtype from the protected storage.
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DeleteType |
Deletes the specified type from the protected storage.
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EnumItems |
Returns the interface pointer of a subtype for enumerating items in the protected storage database.
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EnumSubtypes |
Returns an interface for enumerating subtypes of the types currently registered in the protected database.
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EnumTypes |
Returns an interface for enumerating the types currently registered in the protected database.
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GetInfo |
Retrieves information about the storage provider.
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GetProvParam |
Not implemented.
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GetSubtypeInfo |
Retrieves information associated with a subtype.
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GetTypeInfo |
Retrieves information associated with a type.
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OpenItem |
Opens an item for multiple accesses.
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ReadAccessRuleSet |
Not implemented.
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ReadItem |
Reads the specified data item from protected storage.
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SetProvParam |
Sets the specified parameter information.
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WriteAccessRuleset |
Not implemented.
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WriteItem |
Writes a data item to protected storage.
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Requirements
| Header | Pstore.h |
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| DLL | Pstorec.dll |
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Build date: 7/9/2009