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4/8/2010

This method specifies data alignment for types of TKIND_RECORD.

Syntax

HRESULT SetAlignment( 
  unsigned short 
cbAlignment
);

Parameters

cbAlignment

[in] Alignment method for the type. A value of 0 indicates alignment on the 64K boundary; 1 indicates no special alignment. For other values, nindicates alignment on byte n.

Return Value

The following table shows the return values for this function.

Value Description

S_OK

Success.

STG_E_INSUFFICIENTMEMORY

Out of memory.

E_OUTOFMEMORY

Out of memory.

E_ACCESSDENIED

Cannot write to the destination.

TYPE_E_INVALIDSTATE

The state of the type library is not valid for this operation.

Remarks

The alignment is the minimum of the natural alignment (for example, byte data on byte boundaries, word data on word boundaries, and so on), and the alignment denoted by cbAlignment.

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

ICreateTypeInfo