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NF:ole2.OleCreateLinkToFile |
OleCreateLinkToFile function (ole2.h) |
Creates an object that is linked to a file. |
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com\olecreatelinktofile.htm |
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12/05/2018 |
OleCreateLinkToFile, OleCreateLinkToFile function [COM], _ole_OleCreateLinkToFile, com.olecreatelinktofile, ole2/OleCreateLinkToFile |
ole2.h |
Windows |
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
Ole32.lib |
Ole32.dll |
Windows |
19H1 |
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Creates an object that is linked to a file.
Pointer to a string naming the source file to be linked to.
Reference to the identifier of the interface the caller later uses to communicate with the new object (usually IID_IOleObject, defined in the OLE headers as the interface identifier for IOleObject).
Value from the enumeration OLERENDER that indicates the locally cached drawing or data-retrieval capabilities the newly created object is to have. Additional considerations are described in the following Remarks section.
Pointer to a value from the enumeration OLERENDER that indicates the locally cached drawing or data-retrieval capabilities the newly created object is to have. The OLERENDER value chosen affects the possible values for the pFormatEtc parameter.
Pointer to an instance of IOleClientSite, the primary interface through which the object will request services from its container. This parameter can be NULL.
Pointer to the IStorage interface on the storage object. This parameter cannot be NULL.
Address of pointer variable that receives the interface pointer requested in riid. Upon successful return, *ppvObj contains the requested interface pointer on the newly created object.
This function returns S_OK on success. Other possible values include the following.
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The file name is invalid. |
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Not able to bind to source. |
The OleCreateLinkToFile function differs from the OleCreateLink function because it can create links both to files that are not aware of OLE, as well as to those that are using the Windows Packager.