satype

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01/03/2018

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Specifies the data type of the SAFEARRAY structure.

Syntax

  
      [ satype(  
   data_type  
) ]

Parameters

data_type
The data type for the SAFEARRAY data structure that is being passed as a parameter to an interface method.

Requirements

Attribute Context

Applies to	Interface parameter, interface method
Repeatable	No
Required attributes	None
Invalid attributes	None

Remarks

The satype C++ attribute specifies the data type of the SAFEARRAY.

Note

A level of indirection is dropped from the SAFEARRAY pointer in the generated .idl file from how it is declared in the .cpp file.

Example

// cpp_attr_ref_satype.cpp  
// compile with: /LD  
#include "unknwn.h"  
[module(name="MyModule")];  
[dispinterface, uuid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001")]  
__interface A {  
   [id(1)] HRESULT MyMethod ([in, satype("BSTR")] SAFEARRAY **p);  
};

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