Using Macros for Error Handling

Applies to: Office 2010 | Outlook 2010 | Visual Studio

There are several macros for making it easier to work with HRESULT values.

There are two sets of macros that test for failure or success: HR_SUCCEEDED and HR_FAILED and SUCCEEDED and FAILED. SUCCEEDED is the same as HR_SUCCEEDED and FAILED is the same as HR_FAILED.

In this case, use the ResultFromScode macro to set the HRESULT variable to the corresponding HRESULT value for S_OK.

Commonly used macros are briefly described in the following table.

Macro	Description
MAKE_HRESULT	Constructs an HRESULT from its components.
HR_SUCCEEDED	Tests an HRESULT for a success or warning condition.
HR_FAILED	Tests an HRESULT for an error condition.
HRESULT_CODE	Extracts the error code part of the HRESULT.
HRESULT_FACILITY	Extracts the facility from the HRESULT.
HRESULT_SEVERITY	Extracts the severity bit from the SEVERITY.
SUCCEEDED	Tests an HRESULT for a success or warning condition.
FAILED	Tests an HRESULT for an error condition.