Re: Can two interfaces have methods with the same name but different arguments?

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From: Brian Muth (bmuth_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:09:29 -0800

> Can two interfaces have methods with the same name but different
arguments?

Yes, of course.

> And, if two interfaces have the methods with the same name with different
> arguments, which do you get when you use the Dispatch interface's
> GetIDsOfNames method?

The question makes no sense. You can only have one interface marked as dual.

Remember the mantra: multiple dual interfaces on the same object violate COM
identity rules.

Brian

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