Top "Com" questions

What does registering a DLL do?

I know how to register dlls but I've never really been sure why I'm doing it or under what conditions …

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Is it safe to call an RCW from a finalizer?

I have a managed object that calls a COM server to allocate some memory. The managed object must call the …

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How do you register a Win32 COM DLL file in WiX 3?

I found an example on registering DLLs, Registering an Assembly for COM Interop in a MSI file with the Windows …

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Catching COMException specific Error Code

I'm hoping someone can help me. I've got a specific Exception from COM that I need to catch and then …

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How to convert _bstr_t to CString

I have a _bstr_t variable bstrErr and I am having a CString variable csError. How do I set the …

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How to Register a COM Object for All Users

I use regsvr32 MyCOM.dll to register my com object for my application. This works fine under my admin account. …

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How do I register a .NET COM DLL with Regsvr32?

I have a VB6 application that uses a COM DLL. The DLL is written in C#. In the C# project …

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Is DirectX on Java possible?

Is there an easy way to use DirectX in Java? In particular, DirectX's video APIs. I know that C# might …

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Registering a 32 bit DLL with 64 bit regsvr32

Considering the following Understanding A 32 bit Process cannot load a 64 bit dll or vice versa. For registering/unregistering a DLL …

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Setting 32-bit x86 build target in Visual C# 2008 Express Edition?

I'm building a C# application that loads a 32-bit COM dll. The compiled application runs fine on 32-bit Windows but …

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