IMessengerService::MyFriendlyName property

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05/31/2018

[MyFriendlyName is no longer available for use as of Windows Vista. See Windows Messenger for more information.]

Retrieves the local user's friendly name that corresponds to the selected service.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

HRESULT get_MyFriendlyName(
  [out, retval] BSTR *pbstrName
);

Property value

Pointer to a BSTR containing the friendly name for the local user of this service.

Error codes

Returns one of the following values.

Name	Meaning
S_OK	Success.
RPC_X_NULL_REF_POINTER	pbstrName is a NULL pointer.
E_FAIL	pbstrName returned a NULL string.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	String comparison failed.
MSGR_E_NOT_LOGGED_ON	This service is offline.

Remarks

The following table lists error codes returned by this method.

Error Code	Meaning
0x80004005	pbstrName returned a NULL string.
0x8007000E	String comparison failed.
MSGR_E_NOT_LOGGED_ON	The local user is not logged in to the selected service.

For a table of MSGR_E_* constants, see MSGRConstants.

Note

This property is not available for scripting languages.

Examples

The following Visual Basic example shows the use of this method.

Public WithEvents MsgrUIA As MessengerAPI.Messenger
Public MsgrServices As MessengerAPI.IMessengerServices

Private Sub btnServicesCount_Click()
    On Error Resume Next
    MsgBox("Services Count= " & CStr(MsgrServices.Count))
    ErrorTrap ("MsgrServices.Count")    'Error handling routine
End Sub

Requirements


End of client support	Windows XP
End of server support	Windows Server 2003
Header	Msgrua.h
IDL	Msgrua.idl
DLL	Msgsc.dll

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