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The following table shows the Automation enumerations with a description of the purpose of each.

Note:
Windows Mobile may not support all of the programming elements in this section. For information about differences between the COM implementation available for Windows Mobile devices and that available for Windows Embedded CE devices, see COM and DCOM in Windows Mobile Devices.

Programming element Description

CALLCONV

This enumeration identifies the calling convention used by a method described in the METHODDATAstructure.

DESCKIND

This enumeration identifies the type description being bound to.

FUNCKIND

This enumeration lists various kinds of access of a function.

FUNCFLAGS

This enumeration identifies the constants that define the properties of a function.

INVOKEKIND

This enumeration is used to specify the way in which a function is to be invoked by IDispatch::Invoke.

TYPEKIND

This enumeration specifies various types of data and functions.

VARTYPE

This enumeration is used in VARIANT and VARIANTARG, TYPEDESC, OLE property sets, and safe arrays.

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