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IPersistFile (Interfaces)
 
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Summary
IPersistFile

The IPersistFile interface provides methods that permit an object to be loaded from or saved to a disk file, rather than a storage object or stream. Because the information needed to open a file varies greatly from one application to another, the implementation of IPersistFile::Load on the object must also open its disk file.

The IPersistFile interface inherits its definition from IPersist, so all implementations must also include the GetClassID method of IPersist

C# Definition:

[ComImport, Guid("0000010b-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"),
InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IPersistFile: IPersist
{
    new void GetClassID(out Guid pClassID);
    [PreserveSig]
    int IsDirty();

    [PreserveSig]
    void Load([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
        string pszFileName, uint dwMode);

    [PreserveSig]
    void Save([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszFileName,
        [In,MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool fRemember);

    [PreserveSig]
    void SaveCompleted([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pszFileName);

    [PreserveSig]
    void GetCurFile([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string ppszFileName);        
}

VB Definition:
Note
.Net2 now includes this definition in System.Runtime.InteropServices.Comtypes namespace, but doesn't include return values for the methods

<ComImport(), Guid("0000010b-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), _
   InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)> _
   Public Interface IPersistFile
    Inherits IPersist
    <PreserveSig()> Function IsDirty() As Integer
    <PreserveSig()> Function Load(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal pszFileName As String, _
            ByVal dwMode As STGM) As HRESULT
    <PreserveSig()> Function Save(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal pszFileName As String, _
            <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> ByVal fRemember As Boolean) As HRESULT
    <PreserveSig()> Function SaveCompleted(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal pszFileName As String) As HRESULT
    ' CAUTION: This method is untested! It returns a value, so probably should be StringBuilder, but this
    '      disagrees with the C# definition above.
    <PreserveSig()> Function GetCurFile(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal ppszFileName As Text.StringBuilder) As HRESULT
   End Interface

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