no_registry import attribute

no_registry tells the compiler not to search the registry for type libraries imported with #import.

Syntax

#import type-library no_registry

Parameters

type-library
A type library.

Remarks

If a referenced type library isn't found in the include directories, the compilation fails even if the type library is in the registry. no_registry propagates to other type libraries implicitly imported with auto_search.

The compiler never searches the registry for type libraries that are specified by file name and passed directly to #import.

When auto_search is specified, the additional #import directives are generated by using the no_registry setting of the initial #import. If the initial #import directive was no_registry, an auto_search-generated #import is also no_registry.

no_registry is useful if you want to import cross-referenced type libraries. It keeps the compiler from finding an older version of the file in the registry. no_registry is also useful if the type library isn't registered.

See also

#import attributes
#import directive