StgPropertyLengthAsVariant function

The StgPropertyLengthAsVariant function examines a SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE and returns the amount of memory that this property would occupy as a PROPVARIANT.

Syntax

ULONG StgPropertyLengthAsVariant(
  _In_       const  SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE *pProp,
  _In_              ULONG                   cbProp,
  _In_              USHORT                  CodePage,
  _Reserved_        BYTE                    bReserved
);

Parameters

pProp [in]

A pointer to a SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE.

cbProp [in]

The size of the pProp buffer in bytes.

CodePage [in]

A property set code page.

bReserved [in]

Reserved. Must be 0.

Return value

Returns the amount of memory the property would occupy as a PROPVARIANT.

Remarks

Use this function to decide whether or not to deserialize a property value in a low-memory scenario. Most applications will have no need to call this function.

Requirements

See also

StgConvertPropertyToVariant

StgDeserializePropVariant