What are the output of MIDL compilation of an IDL file?

Below are the files generated by MIDL compiler when MyInterface.idl has been used as input.

MyInterface.h, MyInterface_i.c, MyInterface_p.c, dlldata.c

  • MyInterface.h – C++ class prototypes of the interface
  • MyInterface_i.c – Contains unique ids of all interfaces. IDs are like CLSID, LIBID, IID etc.
  • MyInterface_p.c – Stub Proxy skeleton class of the interfaces.
  • dlldata.c – DLL export list etc.
  • MyInterface.tlb – type library of IDL or compiled

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