StringFromIID function (combaseapi.h)

Converts an interface identifier into a string of printable characters.

Syntax

HRESULT StringFromIID(
  [in]  REFIID   rclsid,
  [out] LPOLESTR *lplpsz
);

Parameters

[in] rclsid

The interface identifier to be converted.

[out] lplpsz

The address of a pointer variable that receives a pointer to the resulting string. The string that represents rclsid includes enclosing braces.

Return value

This function can return the standard return values E_OUTOFMEMORY and S_OK.

Remarks

The caller is responsible for freeing the memory allocated for the string by calling the CoTaskMemFree function.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	combaseapi.h (include Objbase.h)
Library	Ole32.lib
DLL	Ole32.dll

See also

IIDFromString