| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (C++) | 
This topic applies to Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional only.
The get_ProviderDescription method retrieves the provider description of the service.
Syntax
HRESULT get_ProviderDescription(
  BSTR*  pbstrDesc
);
Parameters
pbstrDesc
[out] Address of a variable to receive a pointer to the provider description.
Return Values
The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.
| Return code | Description | 
| S_OK | The method succeeded. | 
| E_POINTER | Data cannot be read from or written to a supplied address. | 
See Also