BEEPER Attributes Sample: Demonstrates a Tearoff Interface
The BEEPER attributes sample illustrates the implementation of a tearoff interface — a collection/enumeration of BSTR values. It can be built as a DLL and as an EXE.
The BEEPER sample is the nonattributed version of this sample.
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Building and Running the Sample
To build and run this sample
Open the solution file beeper.sln.
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After the sample builds, open beeper.htm (an HTML file that uses VBScript) in your Web browser and follow its instructions.
Attributes
This sample uses the following attributes:
aggregatable, coclass, dual, emitidl, helpstring, id, in, module, object, out, pointer_default, progid, propget, restricted, retval, support_error_info, threading, uuid, version
Keywords
This sample uses the following keywords:
BEGIN_COM_MAP; CComCoClass; CComModule::Unlock; CComObjectRoot; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_TEAR_OFF; DECLARE_GET_CONTROLLING_UNKNOWN; DECLARE_NOT_AGGREGATABLE; DECLARE_REGISTRY; END_COM_MAP; FinalConstruct; IDispatchImpl; ISupportErrorInfo; PostThreadMessage; SysAllocString; THREADFLAGS_BOTH
Note
Some of the samples, such as this one, have not been modified to reflect the changes in the Visual C++ wizards, libraries, and compiler, but still demonstrate how to complete your desired task.