IDirectPlay8Server::GetGroupContext Method

Retrieves the group context value for a group.

Syntax

HRESULT GetGroupContext(      

    const DPNID dpnid,
    PVOID *const ppvGroupContext,
    const DWORD dwFlags
);

Parameters

dpnid

[in] Variable of type DPNID that specifies the identifier of the group to get context data for.

ppvGroupContext

[out] Pointer to the context value of the group.

dwFlags

[in] Reserved. Must be 0.

Return Value

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

DPNERR_INVALIDGROUP	The group ID is not recognized as a valid group ID for this game session.
DPNERR_INVALIDPARAM	One or more of the parameters passed to the method are invalid.
DPNERR_NOTREADY	The object is not ready for use.

Remarks

Group context values are set by pointing the pvGroupContext member of the DPN_MSGID_CREATE_GROUP system message to the context value data.

This method returns DPNERR_NOTREADY when it is called before a DPN_MSGID_CREATE_GROUP message is received by Microsoft® DirectPlay® for the group specified in dpnid. Call IDirectPlay8Server::GetGroupContext again allowing task switching so that the thread carrying the message can return.