SafeArrayAllocDescriptor

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function allocates memory for a safearray descriptor, allowing the creation of safearrays that contain elements with data types other than those provided by SafeArrayCreate.

Syntax

HRESULT SafeArrayAllocDescriptor( 
  unsigned int cDims, 
  SAFEARRAY FAR* FAR* ppsaOut 
); 

Parameters

• cDims
  [in] Number of dimensions of the array.

• ppsaOut
  [out] Pointer to a location in which to store the created array descriptor.

Return Value

Returns the HRESULT values shown in the following table.

Remarks

This function allows the creation of safearrays that contain elements with data types other than those provided by SafeArrayCreate.

After creating an array descriptor using SafeArrayAllocDescriptor, set the element size in the array descriptor and call SafeArrayAllocData to allocate memory for the array elements.

Passing invalid (and under some circumstances NULL) pointers to this function causes an unexpected termination of the application.

Example

The following code example creates a safearray using the SafeArrayAllocDescriptor and SafeArrayAllocData functions.

SAFEARRAY FAR* FAR*ppsa;
unsigned int ndim = 2;
HRESULT HRESULT = SafeArrayAllocDescriptor( ndim, ppsa );
if( FAILED( HRESULT ) )
  return ERR_OutOfMemory;
(*ppsa)->rgsabound[ 0 ].lLbound = 0;
(*ppsa)->rgsabound[ 0 ].cElements = 5;
(*ppsa)->rgsabound[ 1 ].lLbound = 1;
(*ppsa)->rgsabound[ 1 ].cElements = 4;
HRESULT = SafeArrayAllocData( *ppsa );
if( FAILED( HRESULT ) ) {
  SafeArrayDestroyDescriptor( *ppsa )
  return ERR_OutOfMemory;
}

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Automation Functions
SafeArrayAllocData
SafeArrayDestroyData
SafeArrayDestroyDescriptor