MIDL (Microsoft Interface Definition Language) is a text-based interface description language by Microsoft, based on the DCE/RPC IDL which it extends for use with the Microsoft Component Object Model. Its compiler is also called MIDL.
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Getting error MIDL5004 when creating a simple interface that inherits from another (simple) one
I have the following very simple interfaces:
[uuid(0d585932-fbc4-4b0a-90b5-ccf34aefd4c6)]
[version(COMPONENT_VERSION)]
interface IPerson : IInspectable
{
[propget] HRESULT Name([out, retval] HSTRING* value);
[propput] HRESULT Name([in]…
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is there a way to have midl generate each interface in a separate .h?
I have a bunch of objects that inherit abstracts interfaces generated from an idl file. Each object that use of theses interfaces include the same file interfaces.h which contain all the c++ generated abstract classes that map to the idl…
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Way to get IShellExtInit to work out-of-process
I'd like to pass an IShellItemArray to an out-of-process COM object residing within an exe. I'd prefer to use existing interfaces before creating my own, so I thought I'd try having the out-of-process object implement IShellExtInit. Seemed like a…
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Generate an RPC code for a client to remotely call the existing server functions?
Before I ask the main question, I have two existing client/server win32 projects based on sockets in which the client sends a string request for the server and receives the result as a string using socket functions i.e. send(), recv()
a part of the…
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How to build COM project in Visual Studio
Has Visual Studio integrated MIDL compiler? Can anyone explain the process for me if I want to expose more interface for other script to use? My understanding is: after adding interface in .idl, the file will be compiled to .tlb by MIDL; VS compiler…
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Visual Studio 2015 midl not found after Visual Studio 2017 Install
I have WIndows 10 with visual Studio 2015 Update 3 working ok .
Before installing Visual Studio 2017 15.9.5 i see the following:
I run from CMD
"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
And then
midl
After Visual…
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