nf-propsys-icreateobject-createobject.md

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NF:propsys.ICreateObject.CreateObject	ICreateObject::CreateObject (propsys.h)	Creates a local object of a specified class and returns a pointer to a specified interface on the object.	CreateObject CreateObject method [Windows Shell] CreateObject method [Windows Shell] ICreateObject interface ICreateObject interface [Windows Shell] CreateObject method ICreateObject.CreateObject ICreateObject::CreateObject _shell_ICreateObject_CreateObject propsys/ICreateObject::CreateObject shell.ICreateObject_CreateObject	shell\ICreateObject_CreateObject.htm	shell	72c56de7-4c04-4bcf-b6bb-6e41d12b68a3	12/05/2018	CreateObject, CreateObject method [Windows Shell], CreateObject method [Windows Shell],ICreateObject interface, ICreateObject interface [Windows Shell],CreateObject method, ICreateObject.CreateObject, ICreateObject::CreateObject, _shell_ICreateObject_CreateObject, propsys/ICreateObject::CreateObject, shell.ICreateObject_CreateObject	propsys.h		Windows	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]					Propsys.idl								Windows			19H1	ICreateObject::CreateObject propsys/ICreateObject::CreateObject	c++	APIRef kbSyntax	COM	Propsys.h	ICreateObject.CreateObject

ICreateObject::CreateObject

-description

Creates a local object of a specified class and returns a pointer to a specified interface on the object.

-parameters

-param clsid [in]

Type: REFCLSID

A reference to a CLSID.

-param pUnkOuter [in]

Type: IUnknown*

A pointer to the IUnknown interface that aggregates the object created by this function, or NULL if no aggregation is desired.

-param riid [in]

Type: REFIID

A reference to the IID of the interface the created object should return.

-param ppv [out]

Type: void**

When this method returns, contains the address of the pointer to the interface requested in riid.

-returns

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

-remarks

This method can be used with GetPropertyStoreWithCreateObject.