Problem with OleCreateLinkToFile()

[Jurgen Jung]

My problem is not the function OleCreateLinkToFile() itself, but the resulting pointer. ppvObj [out] Address of pointer variable that receives the interface pointer requested in riid. Upon successful return, *ppvObj contains the requested interface pointer on the newly created object. Is there any way to get the interface-pointer to the "real" com-object itself. For example, if i open a word document can i get the interface-pointer of the shown word.document or running word.application starting from the ppvObj-pointer. My understanding of OLE is not good enough to see the right way (hope there is one :~ ).

[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

The second parameter tells the function what interface reference you want to the object. There is no "real" object - there are only interface pointers. If you want another interface of the object, you can always QueryInterface() to get it. -- Pictures[^] from my Japan trip.