appobject

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2018-01-03

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Identifies the coclass as an application object, which is associated with a full .exe application, and indicates that the functions and properties of the coclass are globally available in this type library.

Syntax

  
[appobject]

Remarks

The appobject C++ attribute has the same functionality as the appobject MIDL attribute.

Example

The following code shows a simple class definition preceded by an attribute block that includes appobject:

// cpp_attr_ref_appobject.cpp  
// compile with: /LD  
#include <windows.h>  
[module(name="MyLib", uuid="f1ce17f0-a5df-4d26-95f6-0a122197ac5b")];  
  
[object, uuid="905de6db-7a12-45ab-9f8b-b39f5112f010"]  
__interface ICustom {};  
  
[coclass, appobject,uuid="00395340-745f-4b69-bd58-e2921452b9fc"]  
class A : public ICustom {  
   int i;  
};

Requirements

Attribute Context

Applies to	class, `struct`
Repeatable	No
Required attributes	coclass
Invalid attributes	None

For more information about the attribute contexts, see Attribute Contexts.

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