COMMAP Attributes Sample: Demonstrates COM Interface Map Entry Macros

The COMMAP attributes sample shows how different COM interface map entry macros are used.

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Building and Running the Sample

To build and run this sample

  1. Open the solution file COMMap.sln.

  2. From the Build menu, clickBuild Solution.

  3. After the sample builds, open commap.htm in your Web browser. Commap.htm includes comments about each type of map entry.

Attributes

This sample uses the following attributes:

  • COMMap   coclass, com_interface_entry, default, dual, emitidl, helpstring, id, implements_category, in, module, object, out, pointer_default, progid, propget, retval, threading, uuid, version, vi_progid

  • COMMap/Aggreg   coclass, default, dual, emitidl, helpstring, id, module, object, out, pointer_default, progid, propget, retval, support_error_info, threading, uuid, version, vi_progid

Keywords

This sample uses the following keywords:

BEGIN_COM_MAP; CComCoClass; CComModule::GetClassObject; CComModule::GetLockCount; CComModule::Init; CComModule::RegisterServer; CComModule::Term; CComModule::UnregisterServer; CComObjectRoot; CComTearOffObjectBase; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_AGGREGATE; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_AGGREGATE_BLIND; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_AUTOAGGREGATE; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_AUTOAGGREGATE_BLIND; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_CACHED_TEAR_OFF; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_TEAR_OFF; DECLARE_GET_CONTROLLING_UNKNOWN; DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID; DisableThreadLibraryCalls; END_COM_MAP; IDispatchImpl; ISupportErrorInfo; SysAllocString

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