LABRADOR Attributes Sample: Implements a Server with No User Interface

The LABRADOR attributes sample shows how to use ATL to implement an EXE server without any user interface. The server allows creation of an object that supports two custom interfaces, defined in Labrador.idl.

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To access samples from Visual Studio

  • On the Help menu, click Samples.

    By default, these samples are installed in drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Samples\.

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Building and Running the Sample

This sample uses three components: the server, the marshaling DLL, and the driver.

To build and register the components

  1. Open the solution file Labrador.sln

  2. From the Build menu, click Build Solution.

    The server, the marshaling DLL, and the driver will be built and registered.

To run the driver

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the labdriv project and select Set as StartUp Project.

  2. From the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging.

    The driver will create an object, make a few calls into it, and then release it.

Attributes

This sample uses the following attributes:

aggregatable, coclass, default, emitidl, helpstring, in, module, object, out, progid, string, threading, uuid, version, vi_progid

Keywords

This sample uses the following keywords:

_CrtDumpMemoryLeaks; _tcsicmp; _tcstok; _tprintf; _vstprintf; ATLASSERT; BEGIN_COM_MAP; BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP; CComObjectRoot; CoCreateInstance; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY; CoUninitialize; DECLARE_NOT_AGGREGATABLE; DECLARE_REGISTRY; DispatchMessage; END_OBJECT_MAP; GetCurrentThreadId; GetMessage; OBJECT_ENTRY; OutputDebugString; PostThreadMessage; Trace; va_end; va_list; va_start; wcscpy_s

Note

Some of the samples, such as this one, have not been modified to reflect the changes in the Visual C++ wizards, libraries, and compiler, but still demonstrate how to complete your desired task.

See Also

Other Resources

ATL Attributes Samples