ATL Functions Alphabetical Reference

 

In this section, reference topics for the ATL global functions are organized alphabetically. To find a particular function by category, see ATL Functions.

Function

Description

AtlAdvise

Creates a connection between an object's connection point and a client's sink.

AtlAdviseSinkMap

Call this function to advise or unadvise all entries in the object's sink event map.

AtlAxAttachControl

Attaches a previously created control to the specified window.

AtlAxCreateControlEx

Creates an ActiveX control, initializes it, and hosts it in the specified window. An interface pointer and event sink for the new control can also be created.

AtlAxCreateControlLicEx

Creates a licensed ActiveX control, initializes it, and hosts it in the specified window. An interface pointer and event sink for the new control can also be created.

AtlAxCreateControlLic

Creates a licensed ActiveX control, initializes it, and hosts it in the specified window.

AtlAxCreateControl

Creates an ActiveX control, initializes it, and hosts it in the specified window.

AtlAxCreateDialog

Creates a modeless dialog box from a dialog template provided by the user.

AtlAxDialogBox

Creates a modal dialog box from a dialog template provided by the user.

AtlAxGetControl

Obtains a direct interface pointer to the control contained inside a specified window given its handle.

AtlAxGetHost

Obtains a direct interface pointer to the container for a specified window (if any), given its handle.

AtlAxWinInit

This function initializes ATL's control hosting code by registering the "AtlAxWin80" and "AtlAxWinLic80" window classes plus a couple of custom window messages.

AtlAxWinTerm

This function uninitializes ATL's control hosting code by unregistering the "AtlAxWin80" and "AtlAxWinLic80" window classes.

AtlCanonicalizeUrl

Call this function to canonicalize a URL, which includes converting unsafe characters and spaces into escape sequences.

AtlCombineUrl

Call this function to combine a base URL and a relative URL into a single, canonical URL.

AtlComModuleGetClassObject

This function is called to return the class factory.

AtlComModuleRegisterClassObjects

This function is called to register class objects.

AtlComModuleRegisterServer

This function is called to register every object in the object map.

AtlComModuleRevokeClassObjects

This function is called to remove the class factory/factories from the Running Object Table.

AtlComModuleUnregisterServer

This function is called to unregister every object in the object map.

AtlComPtrAssign

Assigns an interface pointer to another interface pointer of the same type.

AtlComQIPtrAssign

Assigns an interface pointer to another interface pointer of a different type.

AtlCreateTargetDC

Creates a device context for the device specified in the DVTARGETDEVICE structure.

AtlEscapeUrl

Call this function to convert all unsafe characters to escape sequences.

AtlFreeMarshalStream

Releases the marshal data in the stream, then releases the stream pointer.

AtlGetDacl

Call this function to retrieve the discretionary access-control list (DACL) information of a specified object.

AtlGetDefaultUrlPort

Call this function to get the default port number associated with a particular Internet protocol or scheme.

AtlGetGroupSid

Call this function to retrieve the group security identifier (SID) of an object.

AtlGetHexValue

Call this function to get the numeric value of a hexadecimal digit.

AtlGetObjectSourceInterface

Call this function to retrieve information about the default source interface of an object.

AtlGetOwnerSid

Call this function to retrieve the owner security identifier (SID) of an object.

AtlGetPerUserRegistration

Use this function to determine whether the application redirects registry access to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) node.

AtlGetSacl

Call this function to retrieve the system access-control list (SACL) information of a specified object.

AtlGetSecurityDescriptor

Call this function to retrieve the security descriptor of a given object.

AtlHexDecode

Decodes a string of data that has been encoded as hexadecimal text such as by a previous call to AtlHexEncode.

AtlHexDecodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in bytes of a buffer that could contain data decoded from a hex-encoded string of the specified length.

AtlHexEncode

Call this function to encode some data as a string of hexadecimal text.

AtlHexEncodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in characters of a buffer that could contain a string encoded from data of the specified size.

AtlHexValue

Call this function to get the numeric value of a hexadecimal digit.

AtlHiMetricToPixel

Converts an object's size in HIMETRIC units (each unit is 0.01 millimeter) to a size in pixels on the screen device.

AtlHresultFromLastError

Returns the calling thread's last-error code value in the form of an HRESULT.

AtlHresultFromWin32

Converts a Win32 error code into an HRESULT.

AtlInternalQueryInterface

Retrieves a pointer to the requested interface.

AtlIsUnsafeUrlChar

Call this function to find out whether a character is safe for use in a URL.

AtlLoadTypeLib

This function is called to load a type library.

AtlMarshalPtrInProc

Creates a new stream object, writes the CLSID of the proxy to the stream, and marshals the specified interface pointer by writing the data needed to initialize the proxy into the stream.

AtlModuleRegisterServer

Registers every object in the object map.

AtlModuleRegisterTypeLib

Registers a type library.

AtlModuleUnregisterServerEx

Unregisters every object in the object map.

AtlModuleUnregisterServer

Unregisters every object in the object map. It is similar to AtlModuleUnregisterServerEx except that it cannot unregister the type library.

AtlModuleUnregisterTypeLib

Unregisters a type library.

ATLPath::AddBackslash

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathAddBackslash.

ATLPath::AddExtension

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathAddExtension.

ATLPath::Append

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathAppend.

ATLPath::BuildRoot

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathBuildRoot.

ATLPath::Canonicalize

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathCanonicalize.

ATLPath::Combine

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathCombine.

ATLPath::CommonPrefix

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathCommonPrefix.

ATLPath::CompactPath

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathCompactPath.

ATLPath::CompactPathEx

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathCompactPathEx.

ATLPath::FileExists

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathFileExists.

ATLPath::FindExtension

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathFindExtension.

ATLPath::FindFileName

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathFindFileName.

ATLPath::GetDriveNumber

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathGetDriveNumber.

ATLPath::IsDirectory

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsDirectory.

ATLPath::IsFileSpec

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsFileSpec.

ATLPath::IsPrefix

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsPrefix.

ATLPath::IsRelative

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsRelative.

ATLPath::IsRoot

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsRoot.

ATLPath::IsSameRoot

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsSameRoot.

ATLPath::IsUNC

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsUNC.

ATLPath::IsUNCServer

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsUNCServer.

ATLPath::IsUNCServerShare

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathIsUNCServerShare.

ATLPath::MakePretty

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathMakePretty.

ATLPath::MatchSpec

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathMatchSpec.

ATLPath::QuoteSpaces

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathQuoteSpaces.

ATLPath::RelativePathTo

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRelativePathTo.

ATLPath::RemoveArgs

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRemoveArgs.

ATLPath::RemoveBackslash

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRemoveBackslash.

ATLPath::RemoveBlanks

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRemoveBlanks.

ATLPath::RemoveExtension

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRemoveExtension.

ATLPath::RemoveFileSpec

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRemoveFileSpec.

ATLPath::RenameExtension

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathRenameExtension.

ATLPath::SkipRoot

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathSkipRoot.

ATLPath::StripPath

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathStripPath.

ATLPath::StripToRoot

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathStripToRoot.

ATLPath::UnquoteSpaces

This function is an overloaded wrapper for PathUnquoteSpaces.

AtlPixelToHiMetric

Converts an object's size in pixels on the screen device to a size in HIMETRIC units (each unit is 0.01 millimeter).

AtlRegisterTypeLib

This function is called to register a type library.

AtlReportError

Sets up the IErrorInfo interface to provide error information to clients of the object.

AtlSetChildSite

Call this function to set the site of the child object to the IUnknown of the parent object.

AtlSetDacl

Call this function to set the discretionary access-control list (DACL) information of a specified object.

AtlSetGroupSid

Call this function to set the group security identifier (SID) of an object.

AtlSetOwnerSid

Call this function to set the owner security identifier (SID) of an object.

AtlSetPerUserRegistration

Sets whether the application redirects registry access to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) node.

AtlSetSacl

Call this function to set the system access-control list (SACL) information of a specified object.

AtlThrowLastWin32

Call this function to signal an error based on the result of the Windows function GetLastError.

AtlThrow

Call this function to signal an error based on a HRESULT status code.

AtlUnadvise

Terminates the connection established through AtlAdvise.

AtlUnescapeUrl

Call this function to convert escaped characters back to their original values.

AtlUnicodeToUTF8

Call this function to convert a Unicode string to UTF-8.

AtlUnmarshalPtr

Converts the stream's marshaling data into an interface pointer that can be used by the client.

AtlUnRegisterTypeLib

This function is called to unregister a type library.

AtlUpdateRegistryFromResourceD <Removed>

This function was deprecated in earlier releases and is removed in Visual Studio 2015.

AtlWaitWithMessageLoop

Waits for the object to be signaled, meanwhile dispatching window messages as needed.

AtlWinModuleAddCreateWndData

This function is used to initialize and add an _AtlCreateWndData structure.

AtlWinModuleExtractCreateWndData

Call this function to extract an existing _AtlCreateWndData structure.

BEncode

Call this function to convert some data using the "B" encoding.

BEncodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in characters of a buffer that could contain a string encoded from data of the specified size.

EscapeXML

Call this function to convert characters that are unsafe for use in XML to their safe equivalents.

GetExtendedChars

Call this function to get the number of extended characters in a string.

InlineIsEqualIUnknown

Call this function, for the special case of testing for IUnknown.

IsExtendedChar

Call this function to find out if a given character is an extended character (less than 32, greater than 126, and not a tab, linefeed or carriage return)

QEncode

Call this function to convert some data using the "Q" encoding.

QEncodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in characters of a buffer that could contain a string encoded from data of the specified size.

QPDecode

Decodes a string of data that has been encoded in quoted-printable format such as by a previous call to QPEncode.

QPDecodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in bytes of a buffer that could contain data decoded from quoted-printable-encoded string of the specified length.

QPEncode

Call this function to encode some data in quoted-printable format.

QPEncodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in characters of a buffer that could contain a string encoded from data of the specified size.

RegistryDataExchange

This function is called to read from, or write to, the system registry.

RGBToHtml

Converts a COLORREF value to the HTML text corresponding to that color value.

Sids::AccountOps

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ACCOUNT_OPS SID.

Sids::Admins

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_ADMINS SID.

Sids::AnonymousLogon

Returns the SECURITY_ANONYMOUS_LOGON_RID SID.

Sids::AuthenticatedUser

Returns the SECURITY_AUTHENTICATED_USER_RID SID.

Sids::BackupOps

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_BACKUP_OPS SID.

Sids::Batch

Returns the SECURITY_BATCH_RID SID.

Sids::CreatorGroupServer

Returns the SECURITY_CREATOR_GROUP_SERVER_RID SID.

Sids::CreatorGroup

Returns the SECURITY_CREATOR_GROUP_RID SID.

Sids::CreatorOwnerServer

Returns the SECURITY_CREATOR_OWNER_SERVER_RID SID.

Sids::CreatorOwner

Returns the SECURITY_CREATOR_OWNER_RID SID.

Sids::Dialup

Returns the SECURITY_DIALUP_RID SID.

Sids::Guests

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_GUESTS SID.

Sids::Interactive

Returns the SECURITY_INTERACTIVE_RID SID.

Sids::Local

Returns the SECURITY_LOCAL_RID SID.

Sids::Network

Returns the SECURITY_NETWORK_RID SID.

Sids::NetworkService

Returns the SECURITY_NETWORK_SERVICE_RID SID.

Sids::Null

Returns the SECURITY_NULL_RID SID.

Sids::PowerUsers

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_POWER_USERS SID.

Sids::PreW2KAccess

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_PREW2KCOMPACCESS SID.

Sids::PrintOps

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_PRINT_OPS SID.

Sids::Proxy

Returns the SECURITY_PROXY_RID SID.

Sids::RasServers

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_RAS_SERVERS SID.

Sids::Replicator

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_REPLICATOR SID.

Sids::RestrictedCode

Returns the SECURITY_RESTRICTED_CODE_RID SID.

Sids::Self

Returns the SECURITY_PRINCIPAL_SELF_RID SID.

Sids::ServerLogon

Returns the SECURITY_SERVER_LOGON_RID SID.

Sids::Service

Returns the SECURITY_SERVICE_RID SID.

Sids::SystemOps

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_SYSTEM_OPS SID.

Sids::System

Returns the SECURITY_LOCAL_SYSTEM_RID SID.

Sids::TerminalServer

Returns the SECURITY_TERMINAL_SERVER_RID SID.

Sids::Users

Returns the DOMAIN_ALIAS_RID_USERS SID.

Sids::World

Returns the SECURITY_WORLD_RID SID.

SystemTimeToHttpDate

Call this function to convert a system time to a string in a format suitable for using in HTTP headers.

UUDecode

Decodes a string of data that has been uuencoded such as by a previous call to UUEncode.

UUDecodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in bytes of a buffer that could contain data decoded from a uuencoded string of the specified length.

UUEncode

Call this function to uuencode some data.

UUEncodeGetRequiredLength

Call this function to get the size in characters of a buffer that could contain a string encoded from data of the specified size.