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IWMDMDevice3 Interface

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The IWMDMDevice3 interface extends IWMDMDevice2 by providing methods to query a device for properties, send device I/O controle codes, and also providing upgraded methods to search for storages and retrieve device format capabilities.

In addition to the methods inherited from IWMDMDevice2, the IWMDMDevice3 interface exposes the following methods.

Method Description
DeviceIoControl Sends a Device I/O Control (IOCTL) code to the device.
FindStorage Finds a storage by its persistent unique identifier.
GetFormatCapability Retrieves device support for files of a specified format.
GetProperty Retrieves a specific device metadata property.
SetProperty Sets a specific device property, if it is writable.

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