ICreateTypeInfo::SetAlignment

HRESULT SetAlignment(
  unsigned short  cbAlignment  
);

Specifies the data alignment for an item of TYPEKIND=TKIND_RECORD.

Parameter

cbAlignment: Alignment method for the type. A value of 0 indicates alignment on the 64K boundary; 1 indicates no special alignment. For other values, n indicates alignment on byte n.

Return Value

The return value of the returned HRESULT is one of the following:

Return value	Meaning
S_OK	Success.
STG_E_INSUFFICIENTMEMORY	Out of memory.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	Out of memory.
E_ACCESSDENIED	Cannot write to the destination.
TYPE_E_INVALIDSTATE	The state of the type library is not valid for this operation.

Comments

The alignment is the minimum of the natural alignment (for example, byte data on byte boundaries, word data on word boundaries, and so on), and the alignment denoted by cbAlignment.