NntpClient.GetFirstGroup Method (DateTime, NewsGroup)

Return information about newsgroups created after the specified date.

Parameters

lastUpdate

A System.DateTime structure. Only those newsgroups which were created after this date and time will be returned. This is useful for checking for newsgroups that have been recently added to the server without incurring the overhead of listing every available newsgroup.

group

A NewsGroup structure which will contain information about the newsgroup when the method returns.

Return Value

This method returns a boolean value. If the method succeeds, the return value is true. If the method fails, the return value is false. To get extended error information, check the value of the LastError property.

Remarks

The GetFirstGroup method returns information about the first newsgroup on the server. This method is used in conjunction with the GetNextGroup method to enumerate all of the available newsgroups. Typically this is used to provide the user with a list of newsgroups to select.

While the the newsgroups are being listed, the client cannot select a newsgroup or retrieve the contents of a specific article. The client should store those newsgroups which it wants to retrieve articles from, and then once all of the newsgroups have been listed, it can then select each newsgroup and retrieve the available articles from that group.

See Also

NntpClient Class | SocketTools Namespace | NntpClient.GetFirstGroup Overload List