<div class="content"><p>The GetTypeInfo method retrieves the <a href="5583e1b8-454c-4147-9f56-f72416a15bee#gt_fb6a1829-c102-482c-902f-51c197b22860" data-linktype="relative-path">automation type description</a>
that has the specified ordinal position within the type information table.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> HRESULT GetTypeInfo(
   [in] UINT index,
   [out] ITypeInfo** ppTInfo
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>index: </b>MUST equal the ordinal position of the
specified automation type description within the type information table.</p><p><b>ppTInfo: </b>MUST be set to a reference to the <a href="99504cf9-16d8-401e-a873-83b85d1ee4aa" data-linktype="relative-path">ITypeInfo server</a> instance
(see section 3.7) with the specified position in the type information table, or
to NULL if the value of index is greater than or equal to the number of
automation type descriptions in the type information table.</p><dl>
<dd>
<p>MUST refer to the <a href="5583e1b8-454c-4147-9f56-f72416a15bee#gt_603521de-c0d9-4732-ad40-2ece61f8c7eb" data-linktype="relative-path">partner dispinterface</a> if
index specifies a <a href="bd30db0d-6c38-4d54-9c44-67c0e9d25551" data-linktype="relative-path">dual
interface</a>. To retrieve the ITypeInfo server that corresponds to the <a href="5583e1b8-454c-4147-9f56-f72416a15bee#gt_3610e61d-bd5c-454f-992a-0a020995e66b" data-linktype="relative-path">partner interface</a>, the
client MUST call the <a href="7225fbad-7ad0-458b-b149-2e854364fbfd" data-linktype="relative-path">GetRefTypeOfImplType</a>
and <a href="8428b8f8-4457-4fab-99fe-38a8c6ab217b" data-linktype="relative-path">GetRefTypeInfo</a>
methods of the ITypeInfo instance that correspond to the partner dispinterface,
as specified in sections 3.7.4.6 and 3.7.4.10.</p>
</dd></dl><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method MUST return
information in an <b>HRESULT</b> data structure, defined in <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>
section <a href="../ms-erref/0642cb2f-2075-4469-918c-4441e69c548a" data-linktype="relative-path">2.1</a>.
The severity bit in the structure identifies the following conditions: </p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the severity bit is set to 0, the method completed
successfully.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the severity bit is set to 1 and the entire <b>HRESULT</b>
DWORD does not match a value in the following table, a fatal failure occurred.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the severity bit is set to 1 and the entire <b>HRESULT</b> DWORD
matches a value in the following table, a failure occurred. </p>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x8002802B</p>
  <p>TYPE_E_ELEMENTNOTFOUND</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The value of <i>index</i> did not specify the ordinal
  position of an element in the type information table. See [MS-ERREF].</p>
  </td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</li></ul><p> </p></div>