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

Syntax

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

Parameters

guid

[in] GUID of the type description.

ppTinfo

[out] Pointer to a pointer to the ITypeInfointerface.

Return Value

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

Header oaidl.h, oaidl.idl
Library oleaut32.lib, uuid.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

ITypeLib
ITypeInfo