ibasicdevice-description.md

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IBasicDevice Description method	Retrieves a description of the device.	9973AC46-E6BA-4931-BDEB-E64B147AB291	Description method Media Streaming API Description method Media Streaming API , IBasicDevice interface IBasicDevice interface Media Streaming API , Description method	apiref	IBasicDevice.Description	COM	reference	4/26/2023		UpdateFrequency5

IBasicDevice::Description method

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Retrieves a description of the device.

Syntax

HRESULT Description(
  [out] HSTRING *value
);

Parameters

value [out]

Receives a pointer to the description of the device.

Return value

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.

See also

IBasicDevice