GetTypeInfo Method 553

Applies To: OCXClass, OLEClient

Description

This method is used to obtain information about a type list supported by a COM object.

The argument to GetTypeInfo is a single item as follows:

[1]	Type List name(s)	see below
[2]	Value	(usually) numeric
[3]	Description	character vector

Type List name(s) is a simple character vector or a vector of character vectors specifying one or more names of type lists supported by the object.

The result is a nested vector with one element per Type List. Each element of this vector is itself a 3-element vector of character vectors made up as follows:

[1]	Name of Constant	character vector
[2]	Value	(usually) numeric
[3]	Description	character vector