licensed

Indicates that the COM object to which it applies is licensed, and must be instantiated using IClassFactory2.

Syntax

[licensed]

Remarks

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

Example

// cpp_attr_ref_licensed.cpp
// compile with: /LD
#include "unknwn.h"
[object, uuid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001")]
__interface IMyI : IUnknown {
   HRESULT f();
};

[coclass, version("2.1"), uuid(12345678-1111-2222-3333-123456789012),
licensed, threading(free), progid(some.name)]
class CSample : public IMyI {
public:
   int nSize;
};

[module(name="MyLibrary", version="1.0", helpstring="My Library Block")];

Requirements

Attribute context	Value
Applies to	class, struct
Repeatable	No
Required attributes	coclass
Invalid attributes	None

For more information, see Attribute Contexts.

See also

IDL Attributes
Class Attributes