Typedef Statement Summary
Typedef is a terminal, declaration statement that occurs only in description files authored from IDL-- i.e., external
COM components. Its purpose is to supply an alternative identifier for a type. Typedefs are not moved forward into the
authored code. Rather whenever a type specification is read, if it is a typedef, then the actual type is substituted.
The attributes of the
Typedef statement are as follows:
| Attribute | Description
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| Id | This attribute is the identifier of the typedef. It must be unique within the scope of the library
containing it. The identifier is not case-sensitive.
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| Type | This attribute is a Type attribute as discussed on the Declaration page. It
specifies the type that will be associated with any component that defines its type using
the identifier of this typedef.
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The script errors associated with the
Typedef statement are as follows:
| Error | Description
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| 1055 | Typedef command missing required id attribute.
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| 1056 | Unable to store typedef vector: %1d
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| 1057 | Typedef command missing required type attribute.
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