Edit

Share via

ICreateTypeInfo::SetAlignment method (oaidl.h)

  • Article

Specifies the data alignment for an item of TYPEKIND=TKIND_RECORD.

Syntax

HRESULT SetAlignment(
  [in] WORD cbAlignment
);

Parameters

[in] cbAlignment

Alignment method for the type. A value of 0 indicates alignment on the 64K boundary; 1 indicates no special alignment. For other values, n indicates alignment on byte n.

Return value

This method can return one of these values.

Return code Description
S_OK
Success.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
Insufficient memory to complete the operation.
E_ACCESSDENIED
 Cannot write to the destination.
STG_E_INSUFFICIENTMEMORY
Insufficient memory to complete the operation.
TYPE_E_INVALIDSTATE
 The state of the type library is not valid for this operation.

Remarks

The alignment is the minimum of the natural alignment (for example, byte data on byte boundaries, word data on word boundaries, and so on), and the alignment denoted by cbAlignment.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Windows
Header oaidl.h

See also

ICreateTypeInfo