ODL Language Features in MIDL

Note

The Mktyplib.exe tool is obsolete. Use the MIDL compiler instead.

 

The following topics list the Object Description Language (ODL) attributes, keywords, statements, and directives that are now part of the Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL):

• ODL Attributes
• ODL Keywords, Statements, and Directives

ODL Attributes

[appobject]

[bindable]

[control]

[default]

[defaultvalue]

[displaybind]

[dllname]

[dual]

[entry]

[helpcontext]

[helpstring]

[helpfile]

[hidden]

[id]

[immediatebind]

[in]

[lcid]

[licensed]

[nonextensible]

[odl]

[oleautomation]

[optional]

[out]

[propget]

[propput]

[propputref]

[public]

[ readonly]

[requestedit]

[restricted]

[retval]

[source]

[uuid]

vararg]

[version]

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ODL Keywords, Statements, and Directives

coclass

dispinterface

enum

[importlib]

interface

library

module

struct

typedef

union

For information on how to marshal OLE Automation types, such as BSTR, VARIANT, and SAFEARRAY, see Marshaling OLE Data Types.