PowerReadPossibleDescription function (powrprof.h)

Retrieves the description for one of the possible choices of a power setting value.

Syntax

DWORD PowerReadPossibleDescription(
  [in, optional]  HKEY       RootPowerKey,
  [in, optional]  const GUID *SubGroupOfPowerSettingsGuid,
  [in, optional]  const GUID *PowerSettingGuid,
  [in]            ULONG      PossibleSettingIndex,
  [out, optional] PUCHAR     Buffer,
  [in, out]       LPDWORD    BufferSize
);

Parameters

[in, optional] RootPowerKey

This parameter is reserved for future use and must be set to NULL.

[in, optional] SubGroupOfPowerSettingsGuid

The subgroup of power settings. This parameter can be one of the following values defined in WinNT.h. Use NO_SUBGROUP_GUID to refer to the default power scheme.

Value	Meaning
NO_SUBGROUP_GUID fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294	Settings in this subgroup are part of the default power scheme.
GUID_DISK_SUBGROUP 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442	Settings in this subgroup control power management configuration of the system's hard disk drives.
GUID_SYSTEM_BUTTON_SUBGROUP 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347	Settings in this subgroup control configuration of the system power buttons.
GUID_PROCESSOR_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP 54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00	Settings in this subgroup control configuration of processor power management features.
GUID_VIDEO_SUBGROUP 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99	Settings in this subgroup control configuration of the video power management features.
GUID_BATTERY_SUBGROUP e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f	Settings in this subgroup control battery alarm trip points and actions.
GUID_SLEEP_SUBGROUP 238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20	Settings in this subgroup control system sleep settings.
GUID_PCIEXPRESS_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP 501a4d13-42af-4429-9fd1-a8218c268e20	Settings in this subgroup control PCI Express settings.

[in, optional] PowerSettingGuid

The identifier of the power setting that is being used.

[in] PossibleSettingIndex

The zero-based index for the possible setting.

[out, optional] Buffer

A pointer to a buffer that receives the description. If this parameter is NULL, the BufferSize parameter receives the required buffer size. The strings returned are all wide (Unicode) strings.

[in, out] BufferSize

A pointer to a variable that contains the size of the buffer pointed to by the Buffer parameter.

If the Buffer parameter is NULL, the function returns ERROR_SUCCESS and the variable receives the required buffer size.

If the specified buffer size is not large enough to hold the requested data, the function returns ERROR_MORE_DATA and the variable receives the required buffer size.

Return value

Returns ERROR_SUCCESS (zero) if the call was successful, and a nonzero value if the call failed. If the buffer size specified by the BufferSize parameter is too small,

ERROR_MORE_DATA will be returned and the DWORD pointed to by the BufferSize parameter will be filled in with the required buffer size.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	powrprof.h
Library	PowrProf.lib
DLL	PowrProf.dll

See also

Power Management Functions