IStorage::OpenStream method (objidl.h)
The OpenStream method opens an existing stream object within this storage object in the specified access mode.
Syntax
HRESULT OpenStream(
[in] const OLECHAR *pwcsName,
[in] void *reserved1,
[in] DWORD grfMode,
[in] DWORD reserved2,
[out] IStream **ppstm
);
Parameters
[in] pwcsName
A pointer to a wide character null-terminated Unicode string that contains the name of the stream to open. The 000 through 01f characters, serving as the first character of the stream/storage name, are reserved for use by OLE. This is a compound file restriction, not a structured storage restriction.
[in] reserved1
Reserved for future use; must be NULL.
[in] grfMode
Specifies the access mode to be assigned to the open stream. For more information and descriptions of possible values, see STGM Constants. Other modes you choose must at least specify STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE when calling this method in the compound file implementation.
[in] reserved2
Reserved for future use; must be zero.
[out] ppstm
A pointer to IStream pointer variable that receives the interface pointer to the newly opened stream object. If an error occurs, *ppstm must be set to NULL.
Return value
This method can return one of these values.
| Return code | Description |
|---|---|
| S_OK | The stream was successfully opened. |
| E_PENDING | Asynchronous Storage only: Part or all of the stream data is currently unavailable. |
| STG_E_ACCESSDENIED | Not enough permissions to open stream. |
| STG_E_FILENOTFOUND | The stream with specified name does not exist. |
| STG_E_INSUFFICIENTMEMORY | The stream was not opened due to a lack of memory. |
| STG_E_INVALIDFLAG | The value specified for the grfMode parameter is not a valid STGM constants value. |
| STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION | The specified combination of flags in the grfMode parameter is not supported; for example, when this method is called without the STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE flag. |
| STG_E_INVALIDNAME | Invalid value for pwcsName. |
| STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER | The pointer specified for the stream object was not valid. |
| STG_E_INVALIDPARAMETER | One of the parameters was not valid. |
| STG_E_REVERTED | The storage object has been invalidated by a revert operation above it in the transaction tree. |
| STG_E_TOOMANYOPENFILES | The stream was not opened because there are too many open files. |
Remarks
IStorage::OpenStream opens an existing stream object within this storage object in the access mode specified in grfMode. There are restrictions on the permissions that can be given in grfMode. For example, the permissions on this storage object restrict the permissions on its streams. In general, access restrictions on streams need to be stricter than those on their parent storages. Compound-file streams must be opened with STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | objidl.h |
| Library | Uuid.lib |
| DLL | Ole32.dll |