OleRegGetUserType function (ole2.h)

Gets the user type of the specified class from the registry.

Developers of custom DLL object applications use this function to emulate the behavior of the OLE default handler.

Syntax

HRESULT OleRegGetUserType(
  [in]  REFCLSID clsid,
  [in]  DWORD    dwFormOfType,
  [out] LPOLESTR *pszUserType
);

Parameters

[in] clsid

The CLSID of the class for which the user type is to be requested.

[in] dwFormOfType

The form of the user-presentable string. Possible values are taken from the enumeration USERCLASSTYPE.

[out] pszUserType

A pointer to a string that receives the user type.

Return value

This function can return the standard return value E_OUTOFMEMORY, as well as the following values.

Remarks

Object applications can ask OLE to get the user type name of a specified class in one of two ways. One way is to call OleRegGetUserType. The other is to return OLE_S_USEREG in response to calls by the default object handler to IOleObject::GetUserType. OLE_S_USEREG instructs the default handler to call OleRegGetUserType. Because DLL object applications cannot return OLE_S_USEREG, they must call OleRegGetUserType, rather than delegating the job to the object handler.

The OleRegGetUserType function and its sibling functions, OleRegGetMiscStatus, OleRegEnumFormatEtc, and OleRegEnumVerbs, provide a way for developers of custom DLL object applications to emulate the behavior of OLE's default object handler in getting information about objects from the registry. By using these functions, you avoid the considerable work of writing your own, and the pitfalls inherent in working directly in the registry. In addition, you get future enhancements and optimizations of these functions without having to code them yourself.

Requirements

See also

IOleObject::GetUserType

OleRegEnumFormatEtc

OleRegEnumVerbs

OleRegGetMiscStatus