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# auto_search
**C++ Specific**  
  
 Specifies that, when a type library is referenced with #import and itself references another type library, the compiler can do an implicit #import for the other type library.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
auto_search  
```  
  
## Remarks  
 **END C++ Specific**  
  
## See Also  
 [#import Attributes](../preprocessor/hash-import-attributes-cpp.md)   
 [#import Directive](../preprocessor/hash-import-directive-cpp.md)