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immediatebind attribute

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The [immediatebind] attribute indicates that the database will be notified immediately of all changes to a property of a data-bound object.

[
    interface-attribute-list
] 
interface | dispinterface interface-name 
{
    [bindable, immediatebind[, optional-attribute-list]] returntype function-name(params)
}

Parameters

interface-attribute-list

Specifies a list of one or more attributes that apply to the interface as a whole.

interface-name

Specifies the name of the interface or dispinterface.

optional-attribute-list

Zero or more function attributes.

returntype

Specifies the return type of the function.

function-name

Specifies the name of the function in the IDL file.

params

Zero or more function parameters.

Remarks

The [immediatebind] attribute allows controls to differentiate between properties that need to notify the database of every change, and those that do not. For example, every change to a checkbox control should be sent to the underlying database immediately, even if the control has not lost the focus. However, for a listbox control, a change occurs whenever a different selection is highlighted. Notifying the database of a change before the control loses focus would be inefficient and unnecessary. The [immediatebind] attribute allows you to specify, by setting the ImmediateBind bit, individual properties on a form whose changes should be reported immediately.

Properties that have the [immediatebind] attribute must also have the [bindable] attribute.

Flags

FUNCFLAG_FIMMEDIATEBIND, VARFLAG_FIMMEDIATEBIND

Examples

[
    uuid(12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789ABC)
] 
interface MyObject : IUnknown
{
    properties:
    methods:
        [id(1), propget, bindable, immediatebind] long Size(void);

        [id(1), propput, bindable, 
         immediatebind] HRESULT Size([in]long lSize);
}

See also

bindable

TYPEFLAGS

interface

dispinterface

ODL File Syntax

ODL File Example

Generating a Type Library With MIDL