licensed

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

[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

Applies to

class, struct

Repeatable

No

Required attributes

coclass

Invalid attributes

None

For more information, see Attribute Contexts.

See Also

Concepts

Visual C++ Samples

Other Resources

IDL Attributes

Class Attributes