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This function converts a string generated by the StringFromIIDfunction back into the original interface identifier (IID).

Syntax 

WINOLEAPI IIDFromString(
  LPOLESTR 
lpsz,
  LPIID 
lpiid
);

Parameters

lpsz

[in] Pointer to the string representation of the IID.

lpiid

[out] Pointer to the requested IID on return.

Return Value

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

S_OK

The string was successfully converted.

Remarks

The function converts the interface identifier in a way that guarantees different interface identifiers will always be converted to different strings.

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