IDirectPlay8Server::SetGroupInfo Method

Sets a block of data associated with a group, including the name of the group.

Syntax

HRESULT SetGroupInfo(      

    const DPNID dpnid,
    DPN_GROUP_INFO *const pdpnGroupInfo,
    PVOID const pvAsyncContext,
    DPNHANDLE *const phAsyncHandle,
    const DWORD dwFlags
);

Parameters

dpnid

[in] Variable of type DPNID that specifies the identifier of the group whose data block will be modified.

pdpnGroupInfo

[in] Pointer to a DPN_GROUP_INFO structure that describes the group data to set. To change the values of the pwszName or pvData members of this structure, you must set the corresponding DPNINFO_NAME OR DPNINFO_DATA flag in the dwInfoFlags member.

pvAsyncContext

[in] Pointer to the user-supplied context, which is returned in the pvUserContext member of the DPN_MSGID_ASYNC_OP_COMPLETE system message.

phAsyncHandle

[out] A DPNHANDLE. A value will be returned. However, Microsoft?DirectPlay?does not permit cancellation of this operation, so the value cannot be used.

dwFlags

[in] Flag that controls how this method is processed. The following flag can be set for this method.

DPNSETGROUPINFO_SYNC

Causes this method to process synchronously.

Return Value

Returns S_OK if this method is processed synchronously and is successful. By default, this method is run asynchronously and generally returns DPNSUCCESS_PENDING or one of the following error values.

DPNERR_INVALIDFLAGS	The flags passed to this method are invalid.
DPNERR_INVALIDGROUP	The group ID is not recognized as a valid group ID for this game session.