TYPEDESC
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4/8/2010
This structure is used to describe the type of a variable, the return type of a function, or the type of a function parameter.
Syntax
typedef struct FARSTRUCT tagTYPEDESC {
union {
ESC FAR* lptdesc;
struct FARSTRUCT tagTYPEDSC* lptdesc;
struct FARSTRUCT tagARAYDESC FAR* lpadesc;
HREFTYPE hreftype;
} UNION_NAME(u);
VARTYPE vt;
} TYPEDESC;
Members
- lptdesc
VT_PTR, the type to which this instance points.
- lpadesc
VT_CARRAY.
- hreftype
VT_USERDEFINED, can be used to retrieve type information for a user-defined type using the ITypeInfo::GetRefTypeInfo method.
- vt
Type of the variable represented by this instance.
Remarks
If the variable is VT_SAFEARRAY or VT_PTR, the union portion of the TYPEDESC contains a pointer to a TYPEDESC that specifies the element type.
Requirements
| Header | oaidl.h |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 2.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |