IVsUserData::GetData Method (Guid, Object^)

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Returns user data from a buffer.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.dll)

Syntax

C++

int GetData(
	[InAttribute] Guid% riidKey,
	[OutAttribute] Object^% pvtData
)

Parameters

riidKey: Type: System::Guid
[in] Unique identifier of the data.

pvtData: Type: System::Object^
[out] Pointer to a VARIANT containing the user data.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an error code.

Remarks

COM Signature

From textmgr.idl:

C++

HRESULT IVsUserData::GetData(
   [in] REFGUID riidKey,
   [out] VARIANT *pvtData
);

If you want to retain the contents of the variant, then copy the data to the cache.