library
[uuid
[, optional-attribute-list]]
library libname { definitions};
optional-attribute-list
Specifies
additional attributes that apply to the entire library statement.
Allowable attributes include control, helpcontext, helpfile, helpstring,
hidden, lcid, restricted, and version.
libname
The name by
which the type library is known.
definitions
Descriptions
of any imported libraries, data types, modules, interfaces, dispinterfaces, and
coclasses relevant to the object being exposed.
Example
[uuid(. . .), helpstring("Hello 2.0 Type
Library"),
lcid(0x0409), version(2.0)]
library Hello
{ . . .};
Remarks
The library
statement contains all the information that the MIDL compiler uses to generate
a type library. In addition to elements defined inside of the library block,
statements inside the library block can use elements that are declared outside
of the library block by using those elements as base types, inheriting from
those elements, or by simply referencing them on a line, as follows:
interface MyFace { . . .};
[library attributes] library
{
interface My Face;
};
The MIDL compiler
will create a type library that includes definitions for every element inside
the library block, plus definitions for any elements defined outside and
referenced from within the library block.
For
information on generating both a type library and proxy stubs and headers from
a single IDL file see Generating a Proxy DLL and a Type Library From a
Single IDL File.
See Also