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Important
Use the UWP Sensor API instead.
The COM-based Sensor API is deprecated and should not be used in new applications. No additional features or enhancements are planned, and support will be limited.
Retrieves a collection containing all sensors associated with the specified category.
Syntax
HRESULT GetSensorsByCategory(
[in] REFSENSOR_CATEGORY_ID sensorCategory,
[out] ISensorCollection **ppSensorsFound
);
Parameters
[in] sensorCategory
ID of the sensor category to retrieve.
[out] ppSensorsFound
Address of an ISensorCollection interface pointer that receives a pointer to the sensor collection requested.
Return value
The method returns an HRESULT. Possible values include, but are not limited to, those in the following table.
| Return code | Description |
|---|---|
|
No sensors are available for the specified category. |
|
The method succeeded. |
|
NULL was passed in for ppSensorsFound. |
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 7 [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | None supported |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | sensorsapi.h |
| Library | Sensorsapi.lib |
| DLL | Sensorsapi.dll |