ATLDuck Attributes Sample: Uses Connection Points with ATL
The ATLDuck attributes sample consists of two projects: atlduck and duck. The duck project creates an instance of an object that implements the IDuckInt interface. This interface includes four member functions: Flap, Paddle, Quack, and Walk.
The second project, atlduck, has a connection point for the IDuckInt interface (that is, it knows how to use the interface but does not implement it). Only a single instance of this object will be created. Once the connection is established between the two applications, atlduck will call the functions in the IDuckInt interface for sinks that have called IConnectionPoint::Advise.
Various IDL, COM, and compiler attributes are demonstrated in ATLDuck, including aggregatable, event_source, and event_receiver. The DuckInt class is made unaggregratable by specifying the aggregratable("never") attribute. The DuckDoer class is set up as a com event_source, and the DuckInt class as a com event_receiver, without layout dependent=true.
The ATLDuck sample is the nonattributed version of this sample.
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Building and Running the Sample
To build this sample
Open the solution file atlduck.sln.
From the Build menu, click Build Solution. This will build both projects and perform the necessary registration. The following files will be created:
atlduck.exe, an EXE server
duck.exe, an EXE client
To run this sample
From the Debug menu, click Start Without Debugging. This will start the atlduck server and one instance of the duck client. To run more than one client, navigate to the directory where duck.exe is located and run it manually from the command prompt.
A dialog box appears. In the dialog box, click the button Create DoDuck Object. When you click this button, the application creates an instance of an object with class ID CLSID_DuckDoer, running atlduck.
A new dialog box, issued by atlduck.exe, appears. This dialog box shows a button for each function in the IDuckInt interface, as well as a list box with the connections to active sinks and their cookies. From the duck dialog boxes, you can either Advise or Unadvise the connection point. Depending on your choice, you will receive or not receive notifications from the sources. The notification, when you receive it, will show in the status edit field. Additionally, ATLDuck demonstrates the value of the cookie supplied by the connection point when the connection is advised.
Attributes
This sample uses the following attributes:
ATLDuck aggregatable, coclass, dispinterface, event_source, exe, helpstring, id, module, name, progid, uuid, vi_progid
ATLDuck/Duck aggregatable, coclass, default, dispinterface, event_receiver, exe, helpstring, id, iid_is, in, module, name, object, out, progid, unique, uuid, version, vi_progid
Classes and Keywords
This sample uses the following classes:
CDialog (MFC), CComObject (ATL), IConnectionPointImpl<CDuckDoer> (ATL)
This sample uses the following keywords:
_ASSERTE; _tcslen; _VERIFY; AddRef; Advise; BEGIN_COM_MAP; BEGIN_CONNECTION_POINT_MAP; BEGIN_MSG_MAP; BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP; CComCoClass; CComModule::Unlock; CComObjectRootEx; CDialogImpl; CenterWindow; CoInitialize; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_IMPL; COMMAND_HANDLER; COMMAND_ID_HANDLER; CONNECTION_POINT_ENTRY; CoSuspendClassObjects; CoUninitialize; Create; DECLARE_CLASSFACTORY_SINGLETON; DECLARE_NOT_AGGREGATABLE; DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID; DestroyWindow; DispatchMessage; EnableWindow; END_COM_MAP; END_CONNECTION_POINT_MAP; END_MSG_MAP; END_OBJECT_MAP; ExitProcess; FindConnectionPoint; GetCommandLine; GetDC; GetDlgItem; GetMessage; GetTextExtentPoint32; IConnectionPointContainerImpl; IConnectionPointImpl; Init; IsWindowVisible; MESSAGE_HANDLER; MessageBox; OBJECT_ENTRY; OleInitializeCoCreateInstance; OnCancel; OnFlap; OnInitDialog; OnOK; OnPaddle; OnWalk; OnQuack; PostThreadMessage; QueryInterface; RecalcListboxExtent; RegisterClassObjects; RegisterServer; reinterpret_cast; ReleaseDC; RevokeClassObjects; SendMessage; SetOwner; SetWindowText; ShowStatus; ShowWindow; Unadvise; UnregisterServer; UNUSED_ALWAYS; UpdateRegistryFromResource; UpdateWindow; USES_CONVERSION
Note
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