IMFAttributes::GetItem method (mfobjects.h)

Retrieves the value associated with a key.

Syntax

HRESULT GetItem(
  [in]      REFGUID     guidKey,
  [in, out] PROPVARIANT *pValue
);

Parameters

[in] guidKey

A GUID that identifies which value to retrieve.

[in, out] pValue

A pointer to a PROPVARIANT that receives the value. The method fills the PROPVARIANT with a copy of the stored value, if the value is found. Call PropVariantClear to free the memory allocated by this method. This parameter can be NULL. If this parameter is NULL, the method searches for the key and returns S_OK if the key is found, but does not copy the value.

Return value

The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Remarks

This interface is available on the following platforms if the Windows Media Format 11 SDK redistributable components are installed:

• Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later.
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with KB900325 (Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005) and KB925766 (October 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition) installed.

Examples

The following example copies an attribute from one attribute store to another.

HRESULT CopyAttribute(IMFAttributes *pFrom, IMFAttributes *pTo, REFGUID guidKey)
{
    PROPVARIANT val;

    HRESULT hr = pFrom->GetItem(guidKey, &val);

    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
    {
        hr = pTo->SetItem(guidKey, val);
        PropVariantClear(&val);
    }
    else if (hr == MF_E_ATTRIBUTENOTFOUND)
    {
        hr = S_OK;
    }
    return hr;
}

Requirements

See also

Attributes and Properties

IMFAttributes