TypeLib Table

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The TypeLib table contains the information that needs to be placed in the registry for the advertisement and registration of type libraries.

The TypeLib table has the following columns.

Column	Type	Key	Nullable

LibID	GUID	Y	N
Language	Integer	Y	N
Version	Integer		Y
Description	Text		Y
Directory_	Identifier		Y
Feature_	Identifier		N
Component_	Identifier		N
Cost	DoubleInteger		Y

LibID: The GUID that identifies the library.
Language: The language of the type library.
Non-negative numbers only.
Version: The version of the library.
The major and minor versions are encoded in the two-byte integer with the minor version in the lower eight bits and the major version in the upper eight bits.
Description: Description of the library.
Directory_: External key into the Directory table that identifies the Help path for the type library. This column is ignored during advertising.
External key to column one of the Directory table.
Feature_: External key into the Feature table specifying the feature to be advertised or installed for the type library to be operational.
External key to column one of the Feature table.
Component_: External key into the Component table identifying the component belonging to Feature_ whose key file is the type library being advertised/ registered.
External key to column one of the Component table.
Cost: The cost associated with the registration of the type library. This column is optional.
Non-negative numbers only.