Win32 API Error reporting and handling Error reported as HRESULT value
Example
HRESULTs are numeric 32-bit values, where bits or bit ranges encode well-defined information. The MSB is a failure/success flag, with the remaining bits storing additional information. Failure or success can be determined using the FAILED or SUCCEEDED macros. HRESULTs are commonly used with COM, but appear in non-COM implementations as well (e.g. StringCchPrintf).
const size_t cchBuf = 5;
wchar_t buffer[cchBuf] = { 0 };
HRESULT hr = StringCchPrintfW( buffer, cchBuf, L"%s", L"Hello, world!" );
if ( FAILED( hr ) ) {
// Failure: Determine specific reason.
switch ( hr ) {
case STRSAFE_E_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER:
// Buffer too small; increase buffer and retry.
...
case STRSAFE_E_INVALID_PARAMETER:
// Invalid parameter; implement custom error handling (e.g. logging).
...
default:
// Some other error code; implement custom error handling (e.g. logging).
...
}
}
