IDirectPlay8Peer::SetApplicationDesc Method

Changes the settings for the application that is being hosted. Only some settings can be changed.

Syntax

HRESULT SetApplicationDesc(      

    const DPN_APPLICATION_DESC *const pad,
    const DWORD dwFlags
);

Parameters

pad

[in] Pointer to a DPN_APPLICATION_DESC structure that describes the application settings to modify.

dwFlags

[in] Reserved. Must be 0.

Return Value

Returns S_OK if successful, or one of the following error values.

DPNERR_DATATOOLARGE	The application data is too large for the service provider's Maximum Transmission Unit.
DPNERR_INVALIDFLAGS	The flags passed to this method are invalid.
DPNERR_INVALIDPARAM	One or more of the parameters passed to the method are invalid.
DPNERR_NOTHOST	The client attempted to connect to a nonhost computer. Additionally, this error value may be returned by a nonhost that tried to set the application description.

Remarks

You can use this method to modify only the following members of the DPN_APPLICATION_DESC structure.

• dwMaxPlayers
• pwszSessionName
• pwszPassword
• pvApplicationReservedData
• dwApplicationReservedDataSize

When IDirectPlay8Peer::SetApplicationDesc is called, Microsoft® DirectPlay® makes a copy of the data pad points to. You do not need to save the DPN_APPLICATION_DESC structure once IDirectPlay8Peer::SetApplicationDesc returns.

You cannot set the dwMaxPlayers member to a smaller value than the current number of players in the session.

The maximum size of the application data that you assign to the pvApplicationReservedData member of the DPN_APPLICATION_DESC structure is limited by the service provider's Maximum Transmission Unit. If your application data is too large, the method will fail and return DPNERR_DATATOOLARGE.

To avoid accidentally overwriting the application description, applications should call IDirectPlay8Peer::GetApplicationDesc and fill in the DPN_APPLICATION_DESC structure before calling IDirectPlay8Peer::SetApplicationDesc.