This function adds information about a type library to the system registry.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Oleauto.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 2.0 and later |
Syntax
HRESULT RegisterTypeLib( ITypeLib FAR* ptlib, OLECHAR FAR* szFullPath, OLECHAR FAR* szHelpDir);
Parameters
ptlib
Pointer to the type library being registered.
szFullPath
Null-terminated string that contains the fully qualified path specification for the type library being registered.
szHelpDir
Null-terminated string that contains the directory in which the Help file for the library being registered can be found. Can be NULL.
Return Values
One of the values obtained from the returned HRESULT and described in the following table is returned.
| Value | Description |
| S_OK | Success. |
| E_OUTOFMEMORY | Out of memory. |
| E_INVALIDARG | One or more of the arguments is invalid. |
| TYPE_E_IOERROR | The function could not write to the file. |
| TYPE_E_REGISTRYACCESS | The system registration database could not be opened. |
| TYPE_E_INVALIDSTATE | The type library could not be opened. |
Remarks
Passing into this function any invalid and, under some circumstances, NULL pointers will result in unexpected termination of the application.
The function RegisterTypeLib can be used during application initialization to register the application’s type library correctly.
In addition to filling in a complete registry entry under the type library key, RegisterTypeLib adds entries for each of the dispinterfaces and Automation-compatible interfaces, including dual interfaces. This information is required to create instances of these interfaces. Coclasses are not registered (that is, RegisterTypeLib does not write any values to the CLSID key of the coclass).