Chapter 6. Attributed Programming
The second part of this book switches away from interoperability issues and focuses instead on creating and using COM components by exploiting the new features of Visual C++ .NET. The Active Template Library (ATL) was introduced in Visual C++ 4, and was designed to let C++ programmers create the smallest, fastest, most efficient COM components possible. The library has matured with successive releases of Visual C++ and now provides a very powerful tool for the C++ COM programmer.
Microsoft has introduced many new features into the latest version of ATL, version 7. Most important, though, Microsoft has introduced a new way to write ATL COM components, using attributed programming. This innovation makes it possible ...
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