appobject

Identifies the coclass as an application object, which is associated with a full .exe application, and indicates that the functions and properties of the coclass are globally available in this type library.

Syntax

[appobject]

Remarks

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

Example

The following code shows a simple class definition preceded by an attribute block that includes appobject:

// cpp_attr_ref_appobject.cpp
// compile with: /LD
#include <windows.h>
[module(name="MyLib", uuid="f1ce17f0-a5df-4d26-95f6-0a122197ac5b")];

[object, uuid="905de6db-7a12-45ab-9f8b-b39f5112f010"]
__interface ICustom {};

[coclass, appobject,uuid="00395340-745f-4b69-bd58-e2921452b9fc"]
class A : public ICustom {
   int i;
};

Requirements

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

For more information about the attribute contexts, see Attribute Contexts.

See also

IDL Attributes
Class Attributes
Typedef, Enum, Union, and Struct Attributes