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Specifies the data type of the SAFEARRAY structure.
data_type SAFEARRAY data structure that is being passed as a parameter to an interface method.
Applies to Interface parameter, interface method
Repeatable No
Required attributes None
Invalid attributes None
Remarks
The satype C++ attribute specifies the data type of the SAFEARRAY .
A level of indirection is dropped from the SAFEARRAY pointer in the generated .idl file from how it is declared in the .cpp file.
// cpp_attr_ref_satype.cpp
// compile with: /LD
#include "unknwn.h"
[module(name="MyModule")];
[dispinterface, uuid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001")]
__interface A {
[id(1)] HRESULT MyMethod ([in, satype("BSTR")] SAFEARRAY **p);
};
Compiler Attributes Parameter Attributes Method Attributes id