Staging native API calls

MikeRayMSFT · MikeRayMSFT · commit 56d88ee1ee75 · 2021-06-18T11:17:34.000-07:00
diff --git a/docs/native-interfaces/instapi-getsqlinstanceregstringbyid.md b/docs/native-interfaces/instapi-getsqlinstanceregstringbyid.md
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+---
+description: "InstAPI.GetSQLInstanceRegStringByID(INST_ID, String, String, StringBuilder, UInt32) "
+title: "InstAPI.GetSQLInstanceRegStringByID(INST_ID, String, String, StringBuilder, UInt32)  | Microsoft Docs"
+ms.custom: ""
+ms.date: "06/30/2021"
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.reviewer: ""
+ms.topic: reference
+author: MikeRayMSFT
+ms.author: mikeray
+---
+
+# InstAPI.GetSQLInstanceRegStringByID(INST_ID, String, String, StringBuilder, UInt32) method
+
+Retrieves a registry string from an instance specific registry tree by the given instance ID, the subtree, and the name of the value.
+
+```csharp
+public static bool GetSQLInstanceRegStringByID (Microsoft.SqlServer.INST_ID instanceID, string registryPath, string valueName, System.Text.StringBuilder data, ref uint bufferSize);
+```
+
+## Parameters
+`instanceID` INST_ID
+   A pointer to the instance ID of the relevant instance.
+
+`registryPath` String
+   A pointer to a buffer to receive the registry path.
+
+`valueName` String
+   A String value that contains the value name to retrieve.
+
+`data` StringBuilder
+   A pointer to a buffer to receive the string that will be retrieved.
+
+`bufferSize` UInt32
+   A pointer to a `DWORD` value to supply the length of the buffer. Returns the required length if the supplied buffer is too small.
+
+## Returns
+
+Boolean
+   `true` if the call succeeded; otherwise, `false`.
diff --git a/docs/native-interfaces/instapi-getsvcinstanceidfromname.md b/docs/native-interfaces/instapi-getsvcinstanceidfromname.md
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+---
+description: "InstAPI.GetSvcInstanceIDFromName"
+title: "InstAPI.GetSvcInstanceIDFromName | Microsoft Docs"
+ms.custom: ""
+ms.date: "06/30/2021"
+ms.prod: sql
+ms.reviewer: ""
+ms.topic: reference
+author: MikeRayMSFT
+ms.author: mikeray
+---
+
+# InstAPI.GetSvcInstanceIDFromName method
