IObjectStream.LoadObject Method

Load an object from the specified stream. The first time an object is encountered, it is loaded from the stream. When subsequent references to the object are loaded, a pointer to the first object is returned.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function LoadObject ( _
    ByRef riid As Guid&, _
    ByVal pUnkOuter As Object _
) As Object

[C#]
public object LoadObject (
    ref Guid& riid,
    ref object pUnkOuter
);

[C++]
HRESULT LoadObject(
  System.Guid* riid,
  LPUNKNOWN pUnkOuter
);

[C++]
Parameters
riid [in]

  riid is a parameter of type System.Guid*
pUnkOuter [in]

  pUnkOuter is a parameter of type IUnknown

Product Availability

Remarks

The first parameter of LoadObject is a GUID of an interface ID (most of them could be find under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface in the registry), not the object's GUID. The object that gets loaded will QI for this interface and the result is returned with the IUnknown parameter.

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