licensed

Indicates that the COM object to which it applies is licensed, and must be instantiated using IClassFactory2.

[licensed]

Remarks

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

Example

// cpp_attr_ref_licensed.cpp
// compile with: /LD
#include "unknwn.h"
[object, uuid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001")]
__interface IMyI : IUnknown {
   HRESULT f();
};

[coclass, version("2.1"), uuid(12345678-1111-2222-3333-123456789012), 
licensed, threading(free), progid(some.name)]
class CSample : public IMyI {
public:
   int nSize;
};

[module(name="MyLibrary", version="1.0", helpstring="My Library Block")];

Requirements

Attribute Context

Applies to

class, struct

Repeatable

No

Required attributes

coclass

Invalid attributes

None

For more information, see Attribute Contexts.

See Also

Other Resources

IDL Attributes

Class Attributes

Attributes Samples