Retrieves the service name of the contact associated with this MessengerContact object. Scriptable.

Syntax

HRESULT ServiceName(
   [out,
   retval] BSTR* pbstrServiceName
);

Parameters

pbstrServiceName

Pointer to a BSTR that contains a string that identifies the service used by this contact.

Return Value

Returns one of the following values. For managed code applications, these return values are received in the form of a COMException.

S_OK

Success.

E_FAIL

A general internal failure occurred.

E_OUTOFMEMORY

The internal string copy failed.

RPC_X_NULL_REF_POINTER

pbstrServiceName is a null pointer.

E_NOTIMPL

Cannot be accessed through scripting.

Remarks

This method is useful for obtaining human-readable, service-identifying strings to be used in the UI. The service ID (obtained through IMessengerContact::ServiceId property) is more useful in Office Communicator Automation API.

Example

The example code is reading the ServiceName property of the IMessengerContact object and displaying the returned string value on the application console window.

Copy Code 
if (contact != null)
{
   try
   {
	Console.WriteLine("Contact Service Name: " + contact.ServiceName);
   }
   catch (COMException CESN)
   {
	 Console.WriteLine (CESN.ErrorCode.ToString());
   }
}

Requirements

Client

Requires Microsoft DirectX 9.0, C Runtime libraries (msvcm80.dll) on Microsoft Windows© Vista, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later, or Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4). Any Communicator-imposed restrictions apply. .

Server

Requires Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, AV MCU (for Media Support), Media Relay (for NAT/Firewall traversal) on Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

Product

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Automation API

IDL file

Msgrua.idl

See Also