nf-oleauto-createerrorinfo.md

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NF:oleauto.CreateErrorInfo	CreateErrorInfo function (oleauto.h)	Creates an instance of a generic error object.	CreateErrorInfo CreateErrorInfo function [Automation] _oa96_CreateErrorInfo automat.createerrorinfo oleauto/CreateErrorInfo	automat\createerrorinfo.htm	automat	6a9dd862-754a-48e3-8be5-d1fbd1d38f2b	12/05/2018	CreateErrorInfo, CreateErrorInfo function [Automation], _oa96_CreateErrorInfo, automat.createerrorinfo, oleauto/CreateErrorInfo	oleauto.h		Windows												OleAut32.lib	OleAut32.dll		Windows			19H1	CreateErrorInfo oleauto/CreateErrorInfo	c++	APIRef kbSyntax	DllExport	OleAut32.dll API-MS-Win-Downlevel-OLE32-l1-1-1.dll ComBase.dll	CreateErrorInfo

CreateErrorInfo function

-description

Creates an instance of a generic error object.

-parameters

-param pperrinfo [out]

A system-implemented generic error object.

-returns

This function can return one of these values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	Success.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	Could not create the error object.

-remarks

This function returns a pointer to a generic error object, which you can use with QueryInterface on ICreateErrorInfo to set its contents. You can then pass the resulting object to SetErrorInfo. The generic error object implements both ICreateErrorInfo and IErrorInfo.

-see-also

Error-Handling API Functions