ITypeInfo::GetNames

HRESULT GetNames( 
  MEMBERID  memid,         
  BSTR FAR*  rgBstrNames,  
  unsigned int  cMaxNames,  
  unsigned int FAR*  pcNames  
);
 

Retrieves the variable with the specified member ID (or the name of the property or method and its parameters) that correspond to the specified function ID.

Parameters

memid
The ID of the member whose name (or names) is to be returned.
rgBstrNames
Pointer to the caller-allocated array. On return, each of these lpcName elements is filled in to point to a BSTR that contains the name (or names) associated with the member.
cMaxNames
Length of the passed-in rgBstrNames array.
pcNames
On return, points to the number that represents the number of names in rgBstrNames array.

Return Value

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

Return value Meaning
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 read from the file.
TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD Invalid data.
TYPE_E_UNSUPFORMAT The type library has an older format.
TYPE_E_INVALIDSTATE The type library could not be opened.
TYPE_E_WRONGTYPEKIND Type mismatch.
TYPE_E_ELEMENTNOTFOUND The element was not found.

Comments

The caller must release the returned BSTR (Basic string) array.

If the member ID identifies a property that is implemented with property functions, the property name is returned.

For property get functions, the names of the function and its parameters are always returned.

For property put and put reference functions, the right side of the assignment is unnamed. If cMaxNamesis less than is required to return all of the names of the parameters of a function, then only the names of the first cMaxNames– 1 parameters are returned. The names of the parameters are returned in the array in the same order that they appear elsewhere in the interface (for example, the same order in the parameter array associated with the FUNCDESC enumeration).

If the type description inherits from another type description, this function is recursive to the base type description, if necessary, to find the item with the requested member ID.