Re: accessing ATL COM dll as C dll
PaulH <paul.heil@gmail.com> wrote:
I have an ATL COM dll that, in some cases, I would prefer to access
the methods of as if it were a C dll with an exported function to get
access to CMyClass() as below.
Is this even possible?
It is possible, but it's very rarely a good idea. One of the points of
COM is that you can change your implementation later, but still preserve
binary compatibility with existing clients. If you expose your C++ class
directly, every time you change anything in it you would have to rebuild
all clients.
MyClass.h is auto-generated by visual studio,
how do I add a GetClass() method to it?
By opening the file in your favorite text editor and typing the code in,
of course. Programmers are known to do this at times.
Note that it doesn't have to go into the same source file, if for some
reason you would prefer to keep it separate.
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