Article ID: 285146
Article Last Modified on 7/12/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft COM+ 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q285146
SYMPTOMS
When the IDL file has a user-defined type (UDT) structure as follows:
typedef [uuid(01234500-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF)] struct tagMyUDT { [helpstring("Name")] BSTR Name; [helpstring("Address")] BSTR Address; } MyUDT;
Microsoft Interface Definition Language (MIDL) gives the following warning:
You do not receive a warning if the UDT is an ENUM.
CAUSE
When you define a structure whose tag name is different from the struct name, MIDL generates a TKIND_ALIAS for the tag name. MIDL tries to set the universally unique identifier (UUID) on both the UDT itself and the tag (TKIND_ALIAS), and OLE Automation does not accept the same UUID on two entries, even though they are the same.
RESOLUTION
You can safely ignore the MIDL2368 warning. To work around this problem, rename the tag name of the structure so that it is the same as struct name.
REFERENCES
For more information on UDTs, see the following Microsoft Web site:
Additional query words: MIDL2368 UDT UUID
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