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This function retrieves a pointer to the default OLE task memory allocator (which supports the system implementation of the IMallocinterface) so applications can call its methods to manage memory.

Syntax 

HRESULT CoGetMalloc(
  DWORD 
dwMemContext,
  LPMALLOC* 
ppMalloc
);

Parameters

dwMemContext

[in] Reserved; value must be 1.

ppMalloc

[out] Address of IMalloc* pointer variable that receives the interface pointer to the memory allocator.

Return Value

This function supports the standard return values E_INVALIDARG and E_OUTOFMEMORY, as well as the following:

S_OK

Indicates the allocator was retrieved successfully.

Remarks

The pointer to the IMallocinterface pointer received through the ppMallocparameter cannot be used from a remote process each process must have its own allocator.

To determine whether the platform supports this function, see Determining Supported COM APIs.

Requirements

Header objbase.h
Library ole32.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also