helpstringdll attribute
The [helpstringdll] attribute sets the name of the DLL to use to perform a document string lookup.
[
helpstringdll(help-text-string)
[, optional-attribute-list]
]
library library-name
{
library-definition-statements
};
Parameters
-
help-text-string
-
A zero-terminated string of characters specifying the fully qualified file name of a DLL.
-
optional-attribute-list
-
Other attributes that apply to the library statement as a whole.
-
library-name
-
The identifier that software components will use to denote this library.
-
library-definition-statements
-
One or more MIDL statement which define the interface of the library.
Remarks
Use the [helpstringdll] attribute on a library statement to specify, as a character string, the fully qualified file name of a dynamic link library. This allows a user to view a description of the DLL with the object viewer.
Use the GetDocumentation2 functions in the ITypeLib2 and ITypeInfo2 interfaces to retrieve the help string.
See also