CLSIDFromString

Converts a string generated by the StringFromCLSID function back into the original CLSID.

HRESULT CLSIDFromString(

LPOLESTR lpsz,	//Pointer to the string representation of the CLSID
LPCLSID pclsid	//Pointer to the CLSID
);

Parameters

lpsz

[in] Pointer to the string representation of the CLSID.

pclsid

[out] Pointer to the CLSID on return.

Return Values

This function supports the standard return value E_INVALIDARG, as well as the following:

NOERROR

The CLSID was obtained successfully.

CO_E_CLASSTRING

The class string was improperly formatted.

REGDB_E_WRITEREGDB

The CLSID corresponding to the class string was not found in the registry.

Remarks

Because of the restrictions placed on OLE 1 CLSID values, CLSIDFromProgID and CLSIDFromString are the only two functions that can be used to generate a CLSID for an OLE 1 object.

See Also

CLSIDFromProgID, StringFromCLSID