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The GetStatus method retrieves device status information.
Syntax
HRESULT GetStatus(DWORD*pdwStatus);
Parameters
pdwStatus
[out] Pointer to a DWORD specifying the device status. The possible values returned in pdwStatus are provided in the following table.
| Status | Description |
| WMDM_STATUS_READY | Windows Media Device Manager and its subcomponents are in a ready state. |
| WMDM_STATUS_BUSY | An operation is ongoing. Evaluate status values to determine the operation. |
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.
| Return code | Description |
| S_OK | The method succeeded. |
| E_INVALIDARG | The pdwStatus parameter is an invalid or NULL pointer. |
| E_FAIL | An unspecified error occurred |
Requirements
Header: Defined in mswmdm.h.
Library: mssachlp.lib
See Also
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