ATL COM Desktop Components

Visual Studio 2012

The ATL Reference documents the Active Template Library (ATL), a set of template-based C++ classes that simplify the programming of Component Object Model (COM) objects. To fully take advantage of ATL, a working familiarity with COM is highly recommended.

In This Section

ATL Class Overview: Provides links to and brief descriptions of the ATL classes organized by category.
ATL Classes: Provides reference material on the classes organized alphabetically.
ATL Functions: Provides reference material on the global functions organized alphabetically. Includes topics organizing the functions into categories.
ATL Global Variables: Provides reference material on the global variables organized alphabetically.
ATL Macros: Provides reference material on the macros organized alphabetically. Includes topics organizing the macros into categories.
ATL Structures: Provides reference material on the structures organized alphabetically.
ATL Typedefs: Provides reference material on the typedefs organized alphabetically
ATL Archetypes: Provides links to the ATL archetypes, which are theoretical classes that supply a collection of methods, data members, static functions, typedefs, or other features, listed alphabetically.
Obsolete ATL Topics: Provides reference material on the classes, macros, and functions that are obsolete or deprecated.

Related Sections

ATL: Provides topics on how to program using the Active Template Library (ATL).
ATL Tutorial: Leads you through the creation of a control and demonstrates some ATL fundamentals in the process.
ATL Samples: Sample code that shows how to use ATL to write COM objects.
OLE DB Templates: Provides reference material for the OLE DB consumer and provider templates, a set of template classes that implement many commonly used OLE DB interfaces.
Visual C++ Libraries: Provides links to the various libraries provided with Visual C++, including ATL, MFC, OLE DB Templates, the C run-time library, and the Standard C++ Library.