includelib (C++)

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Causes an .idl or .h file to be included in the generated .idl file.

  
      [ includelib(  
   name.idl  
) ];  

Parameters

name.idl
The name of the .idl file that you want included as part of the generated .idl file.

The includelib C++ attribute causes an .idl or .h file to be included in the generated .idl file, after the importlib statement.

The following code is shown in a .cpp file:

// cpp_attr_ref_includelib.cpp  
// compile with: /LD  
[module(name="MyLib")];  
[includelib("includelib.idl")];  

Attribute Context

For more information, see Attribute Contexts.

IDL Attributes
Stand-Alone Attributes
import
importidl
include
importlib
Attributes Samples