ITypeLib::GetTypeInfoOfGuid

This method retrieves the type description that corresponds to the specified globally unique identifier (GUID).

HRESULT GetTypeInfoOfGuid( 
  REFGUID guid, 
  ITypeInfo FAR* FAR* ppTinfo 
); 

Parameters

• guid
  [in] GUID of the type description.
• ppTinfo
  [out] Pointer to a pointer to the ITypeInfo interface.

Return Values

The following table shows the return values for this function.

Value	Description
S_OK	Success.
TYPE_E_ELEMENTNOTFOUND	No type description was found in the library with the specified GUID.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	Out of memory.
E_INVALIDARG	One or more of the parameters is invalid.
TYPE_E_IOERROR	The function could not write to the file.
TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD	The function could not read from the file.
TYPE_E_UNSUPFORMAT	The type library has an older format.
TYPE_E_REGISTRYACCESS	There was an error accessing the system registration database.
TYPE_E_INVALIDSTATE	The type library could not be opened.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: Oaidl.h, Oaidl.idl.
Link Library: Oleaut32.lib, Uuid.lib.

See Also

ITypeLib | ITypeInfo

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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