SafeArrayDestroyDescriptor (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This function destroys a descriptor of a safearray.

Syntax

HRESULT SafeArrayDestroyDescriptor(
  SAFEARRAY FAR* psa 
);

Parameters

  • psa
    [in] Pointer to a safearray descriptor.

Return Value

Returns the HRESULT values shown in the following table.

Value

Description

S_OK

Success.

DISP_E_ARRAYISLOCKED

The array is locked.

E_INVALIDARG

The item pointed to by psa is not a safearray descriptor.

Remarks

Passing invalid (and under some circumstances NULL) pointers to this function causes an unexpected termination of the application.

Typically, this function is used to destroy the descriptor of a safearray that contains elements with data types other than variants.

Destroying the array descriptor does not destroy elements in the array.

Before destroying the array descriptor, call SafeArrayDestroyData to free the elements.

Requirements

Header

oleauto.h

Library

oleaut32.lib

See Also

Reference

Automation Functions
SafeArrayDestroyData