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GetCVIAutomationServerErrorString

GetCVIAutomationServerErrorString

LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Server Interface

CVI_AppGetCVIAutomationServerErrorString (CAObjHandle objectHandle, ERRORINFO *errorInfo, long errorCode, char **errorString, long *returnValue);


Note  This function signature is shown as it appears when you create a client using the LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Controller Wizard. If you create a client for the LabWindows/CVI ActiveX server interface using a different development environment, this function might be exposed differently. Some of the parameters documented here, such as objectHandle or errorInfo, are not applicable if you write a client using a different development environment.

Purpose

Returns the textual description of the specified LabWindows/CVI ActiveX server error code.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
objectHandle CAObjHandle Specifier for a particular ActiveX object that is currently in memory. Obtain this handle from CVI_NewApp, CVI_OpenApp, CVI_ActiveApp, or an ActiveX method or property.

All of the methods that you can apply to a particular object are grouped under a single class in the function tree. The name of the class corresponds to the type of the object to which this handle refers.
errorCode long An error code returned by a LabWindows/CVI ActiveX server function.
Output
Name Type Description
errorInfo ERRORINFO * When an ActiveX server function fails with the error code DISP_E_EXCEPTION, descriptive information about the error code is stored in this parameter. The information can include the error code, source, and description. It also can include a help file and help file context ID.

When an ActiveX server function fails with the error codes DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND, DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH, or E_INVALIDARG, the parameter position of the invalid argument may be stored in the errorParamPos member of this parameter.

You can pass NULL for this parameter.
errorString char ** The textual description of the specified error code.

When you no longer need the string returned in this parameter, you must free it by calling the LabWindows/CVI ActiveX Library CA_FreeMemory function.
returnValue long * The value that the LabWindows/CVI ActiveX server function returns. A negative value indicates that the LabWindows/CVI ActiveX server function returned an error.

Use this function to get the description of a LabWindows/CVI ActiveX server error code.

Return Value

Name Type Description
status HRESULT A value indicating whether an ActiveX Library error occurred.

Error codes are defined in CVIversion\include\cviauto.h and <Program Files>\National Instruments\Shared\MSDTRedistributables\SDKHeaderFiles\8.1\winerror.h.

You can use CA_GetAutomationErrorString to get the description of an ActiveX Library error code.
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