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IScheduledWorkItem::GetAccountInformation method (mstask.h)

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[[This API may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions of the operating system or product. Please use the Task Scheduler 2.0 Interfaces instead.] ]

Retrieves the account name for the work item.

Syntax

HRESULT GetAccountInformation(
  [out] LPWSTR *ppwszAccountName
);

Parameters

[out] ppwszAccountName

A pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the account name for the current work item. The empty string, L"", is returned for the local system account.

After processing the account name, be sure to call CoTaskMemFree to free the string.

Return value

The GetAccountInformation method returns one of the following values.

Return code Description
S_OK
 The operation was successful.
E_INVALIDARG
 The arguments are not valid.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
 Not enough memory is available.
SCHED_E_ACCOUNT_INFORMATION_NOT_SET
 The account information has not been set for the work item.
SCHED_E_NO_SECURITY_SERVICES
 Security services are available only on the Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems.

Remarks

The GetAccountInformation method is for the Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 operating systems.

Examples

For more information and an example of how to retrieve the account information of a task, see C/C++ Code Example: Retrieving Task Account Information.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header mstask.h
Library Mstask.lib
DLL Mstask.dll

See also

IScheduledWorkItem

IScheduledWorkItem::SetAccountInformation