Re: Saving the chart template to an OLE file, using the IPersistStreamInit interface

[User (Legacy)]

Strike this...I have determined that the Filemask property of the chart is

taken into account when this interface is used.  Hence I do not need the

export command.

Abe

"Abram Krebs" <duckwood@erols.com> wrote in message

news:V4DqLKOSAHA.1428@sfxserver.softwarefx.com...

> Hi,

>

> I know that the Export method from the IDispatch interface can be utilized

> to save a template of the chart without the data.  My question, is that I

am

> using the IPersistStreamInit interface to save the chart, and I was

> wondering how I could go about eliminating the data in this method.

>

> A snippet of my code is shown below...do I need to call the Export method,

> or is there another interface I need to use?

>

>

>     IPersistStorage *pIPS;

>     IPersistStreamInit *pIPSI;

>

>     hr = pObject->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistStorage,(void **)&pIPS);

>     if (SUCCEEDED(hr))

>

>             hr = pIPS->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistStreamInit,(void

> **)&pIPSI);

>             pIPS->Release();

>             if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {

>     CLSID clsID;

>     hr = pIPSI->GetClassID(&clsID);

>     hr = WriteClassStm(pStream, clsID);

>     hr = pIPSI->Save(pStream, TRUE);

>     pIPSI->Release();

>

>    }

>  }

>  pStream->Release();

>  return hr;

>

> Thanks

> Abe Krebs

>

>