IAppHostWritableAdminManager::CommitChanges Method

Commits configuration changes to the IIS 7 configuration system.

Syntax

HRESULT CommitChanges(  
);  

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Return Value

An HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to change the configuration and then use the CommitChanges method to commit those changes to the IIS 7 configuration system.

#pragma once

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ahadmin.h>

int main()
{
    IAppHostWritableAdminManager *    pWMgr       = NULL;
    IAppHostElement              *    pElement    = NULL;
    
    HRESULT  hr                   = S_OK;
    BSTR     bstrConfigCommitPath = SysAllocString(L"MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST");
    BSTR     bstrSectionName      = SysAllocString(L"system.applicationHost/sites");
    BSTR     bstrConfigSource     = SysAllocString(L"sites.config");
    BSTR     bstrConfigSourceAttr = SysAllocString(L"configSource");
    VARIANT  vtConfigSource;
    vtConfigSource.vt             = VT_BSTR;
    vtConfigSource.bstrVal        = bstrConfigSource;

    // Initialize
    hr = CoInitializeEx( NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED );
    if ( FAILED( hr ) )
    {
        printf_s( "ERROR: Unable to initialize\n" );
        goto exit;
    } 

    // Create
    hr = CoCreateInstance( __uuidof( AppHostWritableAdminManager ), NULL, 
            CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
            __uuidof( IAppHostWritableAdminManager ), (void**) &pWMgr );
    if( FAILED( hr ) )
    {
        printf_s( "ERROR: Unable to create an IAppHostWritableAdminManager instance\n" );
        goto exit;
    }

    // Set the commit path
    hr = pWMgr->put_CommitPath( bstrConfigCommitPath );
    if ( FAILED( hr ) )
    {
        printf_s( "ERROR: Unable to set the configuration path" );
        goto exit;
    }

    // Get the admin section
    hr = pWMgr->GetAdminSection( bstrSectionName, bstrConfigCommitPath, &pElement );
    if ( FAILED( hr ) || ( &pElement == NULL ) )
    {
        if ( E_ACCESSDENIED == hr )
        {
            printf_s( "ERROR: Access to configuration denied.\n" );
            printf_s( "       Run sample as an administrator.\n" );
        }
        else
        {
            printf_s( "ERROR: Unable to get asp configuration section.\n" );
        }
        goto exit;
    }
        
    // Set the metadata
    hr = pElement->SetMetadata( bstrConfigSourceAttr, vtConfigSource );
    if ( FAILED( hr ) )
    {
        printf_s( "ERROR: Unable to set metadata\n" );
        goto exit;
    }

    pWMgr->CommitChanges();
exit:
    // Exiting / Unwinding
    if ( pElement != NULL )
    {
        pElement -> Release ();
        pElement = NULL;
    }

    if ( pWMgr != NULL )
    {
        pWMgr->Release(); 
        pWMgr = NULL;
    }

    SysFreeString( bstrConfigCommitPath );
    SysFreeString( bstrSectionName );
    SysFreeString( bstrConfigSource );
    SysFreeString( bstrConfigSourceAttr );


    // Uninitialize
    CoUninitialize();

    return 0;
};

Requirements

See Also

IAppHostWritableAdminManager Interface