| description | Learn more about: no_registry import attribute | |
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| title | no_registry import attribute | |
| ms.date | 08/29/2019 | |
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| ms.assetid | d30de4e2-551c-428c-98fd-951330d578d3 |
no_registry tells the compiler not to search the registry for type libraries imported with #import.
#import type-library no_registry
type-library
A type library.
If a referenced type library isn't found in the include directories, the compilation fails even if the type library is in the registry. no_registry propagates to other type libraries implicitly imported with auto_search.
The compiler never searches the registry for type libraries that are specified by file name and passed directly to #import.
When auto_search is specified, the additional #import directives are generated by using the no_registry setting of the initial #import. If the initial #import directive was no_registry, an auto_search-generated #import is also no_registry.
no_registry is useful if you want to import cross-referenced type libraries. It keeps the compiler from finding an older version of the file in the registry. no_registry is also useful if the type library isn't registered.