DPMSG_SETPLAYERORGROUPDATA

Contains information for the DPSYS_SETPLAYERORGROUPDATA system message. DirectPlay generates this message and sends it to each player when the remote data of a player or group changes. This message will not be generated if the DPSESSION_ NODATAMESSAGES flag is specified in the session description.

Syntax

typedef struct {
    DWORD  dwType;
    DWORD  dwPlayerType;
    DPID   dpId;
    LPVOID lpData;
    DWORD  dwDataSize;
} DPMSG_SETPLAYERORGROUPDATA, FAR *LPDPMSG_SETPLAYERORGROUPDATA;

Members

dwType
Identifies the message. This member is always DPSYS_SETPLAYERORGROUPDATA.
dwPlayerType
Identifies whether the message applies to a player (DPPLAYERTYPE_PLAYER) or a group (DPPLAYERTYPE_GROUP).
dpId
ID of the player or group whose data changed.
lpData
Pointer to an application-specific block of data.
dwDataSize
Size of the data contained in the buffer referenced by lpData.

Remarks

It is not necessary for the application to save the data from this message because it can be retrieved at any time using IDirectPlay4::GetPlayerData or IDirectPlay4::GetGroupData.

See Also

IDirectPlay4::GetPlayerData, IDirectPlay4::GetGroupData, IDirectPlay4::SetPlayerData, IDirectPlay4::SetGroupData

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