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This method retrieves both the type library that contains a specific type description and the index of the type description within the type library.

Syntax 

HRESULT GetContainingTypeLib( 
  ITypeLib FAR* FAR* 
ppTLib, 
  unsigned int FAR* 
pIndex 
);

Parameters

ppTLib

[out] On return, pointer to the containing type library.

pIndex

[out] On return, pointer to the index of the type description within the type library.

Return Value

The following table shows the return values for this function.

Value Description

S_OK

Success.

E_OUTOFMEMORY

Out of memory.

E_INVALIDARG

One or more of the parameters is invalid.

E_NOINTERFACE

OLE could not find an implementation of one or more required interfaces.

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_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

ITypeInfo