<div class="content" name="IsBeta" uuid="27f3900c-e892-418f-8d26-eacc9ef329ce"><p>The IUpdate::IsBeta (opnum 23) method retrieves whether the
update is a beta release.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> HRESULT IsBeta(
   [out, retval] VARIANT_BOOL* retval
 );
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</dd></dl><p><b>retval: </b>MUST be set either to VARIANT_TRUE if
the update is a beta release or to VARIANT_FALSE if it is not.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method MUST return
information in an <b>HRESULT</b> data structure. The severity bit in the
structure identifies the following conditions:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the severity bit is set to 0, the method completed
successfully.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the severity bit is set to 1, the method failed and
encountered a fatal error.</p>
</li></ul><p><b>Exceptions Thrown:</b> No exceptions are thrown beyond
those thrown by the underlying RPC protocol <span><a href="../ms-rpce/290c38b1-92fe-4229-91e6-4fc376610c15" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-RPCE]</a></span>.</p><p>The server SHOULD return the value of the <b>IsBeta</b> ADM
element.</p></div>