TYPEFLAGS

The TYPEFLAGS enumeration is defined as follows:

typedef enum tagTYPEFLAGS {
    TYPEFLAG_FAPPOBJECT =                0x01
    , TYPEFLAG_FCANCREATE =            0x02
    , TYPEFLAG_FLICENSED =                0x04
    , TYPEFLAG_FPREDECLID =            0x08
    , TYPEFLAG_FHIDDEN =                0x10
    , TYPEFLAG_FCONTROL =                0x20
    , TYPEFLAG_FDUAL =                    0x40
    , TYPEFLAG_FNONEXTENSIBLE =        0x80
    , TYPEFLAG_FOLEAUTOMATION =        0x100
    , TYPEFLAG_FRESTRICTED =            0x200
    , TYPEFLAG_FAGGREGATABLE =         0x400
    , TYPEFLAG_FREPLACEABLE =         0x800
    , TYPEFLAG_FDISPATCHABLE =         0x1000
} TYPEFLAGS;
Value Description
TYPEFLAG_FAPPOBJECT A type description that describes an Application object.
TYPEFLAG_FCANCREATE Instances of the type can be created by ITypeInfo::CreateInstance.
TYPEFLAG_FLICENSED The type is licensed.
TYPEFLAG_FPREDECLID The type is predefined. The client application should automatically create a single instance of the object that has this attribute. The name of the variable that points to the object is the same as the class name of the object.
TYPEFLAG_FHIDDEN The type should not be displayed to browsers.
TYPEFLAG_FCONTROL The type is a control from which other types will be derived, and should not be displayed to users.
TYPEFLAG_FDUAL The types in the interface derive from IDispatch and are fully compatible with Automation. Not allowed on dispinterfaces (dispatch interfaces).
TYPEFLAG_FNONEXTENSIBLE The interface cannot add members at run time.
TYPEFLAG_FOLEAUTOMATION The types used in the interface are fully compatible with Automation, and may be displayed in an object browser. Setting dual on an interface sets this flag in addition to TYPEFLAG_FDUAL. Not allowed on dispinterfaces.
TYPEFLAG_FRESTRICTED Should not be accessible from macro languages. This flag is intended for system-level types or types that type browsers should not display
TYPEFLAG_FAGGREGATABLE The class supports aggregation.
TYPEFLAG_FREPLACEABLE The object supports IConnectionPointWithDefault, and has default behaviors.
TYPEFLAG_FDISPATCHABLE Indicates that the interface derives from IDispatch, either directly or indirectly. This flag is computed. There is no Object Description Language for the flag.

TYPEFLAG_FAPPOBJECT can be used on type descriptions with
TypeKind = TKIND_COCLASS, and indicates that the type description specifies an Application object.

Members of the Application object are globally accessible. The Bind method of the ITypeComp instance associated with the library binds to the members of an Application object, just as it does for type descriptions that have
TypeKind = TKIND_MODULE.

The type description implicitly defines a global variable with the same name and type described by the type description. This variable is also globally accessible. When Bind is passed the name of an Application object, a VARDESC is returned, which describes the implicit variable. The ID of the implicitly created variable is always ID_DEFAULTINST.

The ITypeInfo::CreateInstance function of an Application object type description is called, and then it uses GetActiveObject to retrieve the Application object. If GetActiveObject fails because the application is not running, then CreateInstance calls CoCreateInstance, which should start the application.

When TYPEFLAG_FCANCREATE is True, ITypeInfo::CreateInstance can create an instance of the type. This is currently true only for component object classes for which a globally unique identifier (GUID) has been specified.