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OleCreateFromFile

Creates an embedded object from the contents of a named file.

OleCreateFromFile(

REFCLSID rclsid,
//Reserved. Must be CLSID_NULL
LPCOLESTR lpszFileName,
//Points to full path name of file used ot create object
REFIID riid,
//Interface to be used to communicate with new object
DWORD renderopt,
//Value from OLERENDER
LPFORMATETC pFormatEtc,
//FORMATETC value depending on OLERENDER value
LPOLECLIENTSITE pClientSite,
//Pointer to an instance of IOleClientSite
LPSTORAGE pStg,
//Pointer to IStorage instance to be used as object storage
LPVOID FAR* ppvObj
//Receives a pointer to the interface requested in riid
);

Parameters

rclsid

Reserved. Must be CLSID_NULL.

lpszFileName

Points to the full path name specifying the file from which the object should be initialized.

riid

Identifies the interface the caller later uses to communicate with the new object (usually IID_IOleObject).

renderopt

A value from the enumeration OLERENDER that indicates the locally cached drawing or data-retrieval capabilities the newly created object is to have. The OLERENDER value chosen affects the possible values for the pFormatEtc parameter.

pFormatEtc

Depending on which of the OLERENDER flags is used as the value of renderopt, can be one of the FORMATETC enumeration values. Refer also to the OLERENDER enumeration for restrictions.

pClientSite

Points to an instance of IOleClientSite, the primary interface through which the object will request services from its container. May be NULL.

pStg

Points to an instance of the IStorage interface to be used as the storage for the object. This parameter may not be NULL.

ppvObj

Receives a pointer to the interface requested in riid on the newly created object on return.

Return Values

S_OK

Indicates embedded object successfully created.

STG_E_FILENOTFOUND

Indicates file not bound.

OLE_E_CANT_BINDTOSOURCE

Indicates not able to bind to source.

STG_E_MEDIUMFULL

Indicates the medium is full.

DV_E_TYMED

Indicates invalid TYMED.

DV_E_LINDEX

Indicates invalid LINDEX.

DV_E_FORMATETC

Indicates invalid FORMATETC structure.

E_OUTOFMEMORY

Indicates OLE libraries have not been properly initialized.

Comments

The OleCreateFromFile function creates a new embedded object from the contents of a named file. If the ProgID in the registration database contains the PackageOnFileDrop key, it creates a package. If not, the function calls the GetClassFile function to get the CLSID associated with the lpszFileName parameter, and then creates an OLE 2-embedded object associated with that CLSID. The rclsid parameter of OleCreateFromFile will always be ignored, and should be set to CLSID_NULL.

As for other OleCreateXxx functions, the newly created object is not shown to the user for editing, which requires a DoVerb operation. It is used in to implement insert file operations, such as the Create from File command in Word for Windows.

See Also

GetClassFile


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