IErrorInfo::GetGUID

HRESULT GetGUID(
  GUID  *pGUID  
);

Returns the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the interface that defined the error.

Parameter

pGUID: Pointer to a GUID, or GUID_NULL, if the error was defined by the operating system.

Return Value

The return value obtained from the returned HRESULT is:

Return value	Meaning
S_OK	Success.

Comments

IErrorInfo::GetGUID returns the GUID of the interface that defined the error. If the error was defined by the system, IErrorInfo::GetGUID returns GUID_NULL.

This GUID does not necessarily represent the source of the error. The source is the class or application that raised the error. Using the GUID, an application can handle errors in an interface, independent of the class that implements the interface.