CodeProject: COM / COM+. Free source code and programming articles

4.82

A Complete ActiveX Web Control Tutorial
Updated: 21 Jun 2006

This article is intended to help you get up to speed quickly with developing an ActiveX control. It will show you the basic concepts you need to know about ActiveX, such as methods, properties, and events, and how to communicate between an ActiveX control and a web page.

David Marcionek

4.76

A Word add-in to syntax highlight selected text

Updated: 2 Feb 2007

A Word addin to syntax highlight selected text. The toolbar is permanent, with a transparent button icon.

sswater shi

4.72

Handling VB ActiveX Events in Visual C++ client
Updated: 9 May 2001

This article shows how to handle custom events generated in a VB ActiveX component in a Visual C++ client.

Amit Dey

4.71

Printing ActiveX Controls
Updated: 4 May 2004

Printing ActiveX Controls

Andrew Wirger

4.52

Firing Events among ActiveX controls on IE

Updated: 24 Aug 2005

The ActiveX control fires events to others using IConnectionPointContainer interface on the Internet Explorer.

Yasuhiko Yoshimura

4.51

Docking ActiveX Controls: Principles and Implementation

Updated: 29 Aug 2001

The article decribes how to implement docking ActiveX control using MFC and ATL

Dmitri Sviridov

4.38

Dynamic Creation of IDispatch interfaces using simple classes
Updated: 4 Sep 2001

Create dynamic objects that you can pass using IDispatch interfaces

dswigger

4.35

Getting an (ATL) ActiveX control to print from Office Applications
Updated: 27 Nov 2002

Getting an ActiveX control to be printable from within an Office application can be difficult. This article shows you why, and how to make things work.

Peter Mares

4.25

Overriding MFC's Default Client Site to Implement IServiceProvider
Updated: 6 Oct 2003

Describes how to override the default control container provided by MFC in order to provide a custom client site for provisioning of services to ActiveX controls hosted by the container.

R Hartman

4.25

MFC GDI+ ActiveX Arrow Control For Excel
Updated: 24 Oct 2004

An article on how to create an ActiveX control for Excel, and the technique to create an arrow using GDI+, some secondary school mathematics here, and some technique to link cell with Excel.

Hing

4.20

ActiveX Events and MFC State

Updated: 12 Aug 2004

This article describes how to ensure that the MFC state is properly maintained when sinking ActiveX events

Andrew Wirger

4.19

Digital Clock & Timer ActiveX Control
Updated: 4 Feb 2002

This is an ActiveX control that can be used as a digital clock, or as a timer.

Tzoockee

4.10

A class wrapper for Matlab(c) ActiveX Control

Updated: 22 Oct 2002

Eases up the use of the Matlab(c) COM server...

Jonathan de Halleux

4.02

LicenceProvider
Updated: 26 Oct 2006

A small COM component (DLL) enabling scrips to provide Runtime Licence text for ActiveX controls.

^CPallini

4.00

STA threading model issues
Updated: 17 May 2001

Describes STA threading issues

Leon Finker

3.93

Aggregation explained
Updated: 1 Feb 2007

Article describing the steps involved to attain aggregation relation between COM components

Ramchandra.kk

3.83

AutoCompleteML - auto completion for multiline edit box
Updated: 15 Oct 2004

COM object for easy user input in multiline edit boxes

Pavel Martyanov

3.80

Using ActiveX Controls Example: Insert Internet Explorer into your Dialogs
Updated: 15 Mar 2003

Inserting an ActiveX control (Internet Explorer) into your dialogs and handling relevant events.

Hazem Nasereddin

3.74

SMTP Client ActiveX component

Updated: 25 Sep 2002

An SMTP Client ActiveX component, that can be used in ASP, VC, VB, Excel etc.

Kashif Manzoor

3.38

How to find the name for interfaces implemented by a COM object
Updated: 3 Apr 2002

The article descibes how can you find the interfaces implemented by a COM object

Mikelangelo

3.04

Using ActiveX controls in MFC more efficiently
Updated: 11 Aug 2004

Augmenting the interface access level provided by automatic code generation.

Antti Keskinen

3.00

Skin Based ActiveX Control to Change Mic and Speaker Voice Intensity
Updated: 8 Jul 2005

A skin based ActiveX control to change mic and speaker voice intensity.

m_ali_

2.71

VB Events in C++
Updated: 8 Jun 2003

How to use events from Visual Basic ActiveX controls in C++

Mikel

2.64

Creating An ActiveX Control using VC++.NET
Updated: 6 Jul 2004

An understanding of ActiveX controls.

Abdul Hye

2.44

Programmable Vector Graphics
Updated: 30 Dec 2004

Creating vector graphics editor, implementing vector graphics ActiveX.

StasSV

1.77

COM IDs & Registry keys in a nutshell
Updated: 25 Jul 2001

An article about COM IDs and the Registry

4.70

The COM Macro-Architecture Topology
Updated: 25 Jul 2001

An article about COM Architecture, and deployment of COM Clients and COM Servers

4.67

COM Macro Architecture Topology - Servers
Updated: 25 Jul 2001

An article about COM Architecture, COM Servers, COM DLL Servers and the Registry

4.47

COM Macro Architecture Topology - Clients
Updated: 25 Jul 2001

An article about COM Architecture, COM Clients and the Registry

3.67

A Simple XML Validator, using VOLE

Updated: 16 Apr 2007

A simple command-line utility that validates XML files, implemented using MSXML via the VOLE COM/Automation driver library

Matt (D) Wilson

4.83

Automating Windows Applications

Updated: 2 Feb 2003

A Windows application that does not export any program interface, may be converted to automation server with COM object(s) injected into the application process.

Igor Ladnik

4.82

Adding Spell Check and Synonym Info to a Text Editor, using Word Automation
Updated: 4 Feb 2005

An article on adding spell check and synonym info functionality to an editor using MS Word Automation.

pratheesh

4.76

Adding Macro Scripting language support to existing MFC Application

Updated: 19 Jul 2003

Introduction to Microsoft Script Hosting and Adding Macro Scripting language support to existing MFC Application

Ernest Laurentin

4.74

Using MS Office in an MFC Application

Updated: 5 Nov 2000

Integrating MS Office in your MFC Application using ActiveX Document mode.

Igor Tkachev

4.70

Adding VBScript and JScript support in your C++ applications

Updated: 15 Jul 2002

Introduce to MSSCRIPT.OCX and calling JScript and VBScript in your C++ Application

Ernest Laurentin

4.66

Reading and Writing Messages in Outlook Express

Updated: 27 Mar 2006

This article was done to provide an example of IStoreNamespace / IStoreFolder.

Pablo Yabo

4.63

Two More Words

Updated: 22 Jan 2007

Learn how to integrate MS Word functionality with your JScript/WSH scripting solutions.

Dmitry Khudorozhkov

4.50

Extending Outlook with new features

Updated: 26 Oct 2004

Learn how to add buttons and how to interact with Outlook.

virtually_void

4.49

Placing images in Excel using automation

Updated: 29 Sep 2006

How to place pictures in Excel programmatically

Keith Thoresz

4.44

Adding automation to MFC applications
Updated: 7 Sep 2004

Step-by-step instructions on how to add OLE automation to an already existing application. In addition, it illustrates how to do things without using the code as provided by the application wizard.

roel_v2

4.42

Compressing attachments before sending the mail
Updated: 30 Jul 2004

Compressing attachments before sending the mail

virtually_void

4.27

Standard of Excellence
Updated: 2 Mar 2006

Learn how to integrate MS Excel functionality with your JScript/WSH scripting solutions.

Dmitry Khudorozhkov

4.24

Driving Microsoft Word, using VOLE
Updated: 10 Aug 2007

An alternative take on describing the VOLE Automation library

Matt (D) Wilson

4.24

Transporting persistent data over the internet using MSMQ
Updated: 27 Mar 2001

This article is about using Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) as a DCOM transport layer to send a Microsoft Word document across the internet or your local LAN.

Bashir Irfan

3.95

Borland C++ MS Word Automation
Updated: 23 Apr 2004

This code will demonstrate how to automate and get content from a MS Word document.

Vahe Karamian

3.92

Automating MS-Office applications

Updated: 30 Jun 2002

This tutorial helps you to automate PowerPoint, with hints to automate other MS-Office applications

VGirish

3.85

Login: Automation over DCOM
Updated: 5 Sep 2003

A remote login automation example used over the network by DCOM.

Priyank Bolia

3.07

Login: Automation Client

Updated: 5 Sep 2003

An automation client that connects to the automation server for verifying user ID and password.

Priyank Bolia

3.00

Demonstration of OLE Automation of MS Word
Updated: 25 Feb 2002

An article that demonstrates automation by showing how to split a MS-Word file based on Bookmarks

Anishcv

2.55

Login: Automation Server
Updated: 29 Aug 2003

An automation server that verifies the user ID and password from a MS-Access database for the remote client.

Priyank Bolia

2.18

Understanding The COM Single-Threaded Apartment Part 1

Updated: 6 Jan 2005

Learn the fundamental principles of the COM Single-Threaded Apartment Model by code examples.

4.87

Introduction to COM Part II - Behind the Scenes of a COM Server

Updated: 4 Apr 2001

A tutorial for programmers new to COM that explains the internals of COM servers, and how to write your own interfaces in C++

Michael Dunn

4.82

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 5

Updated: 12 Aug 2000

We look at connection points and set up the server's end of one. We'll also finish implementing our SayHello() method.

4.79

COM in plain C, Part 6
Updated: 23 Jul 2006

How to write an ActiveX Script Host in C.

4.78

Introduction to COM - What It Is and How to Use It.

Updated: 28 Jul 2000

A tutorial for programmers new to COM that explains how to reuse existing COM components, for example, components in the Windows shell.

Michael Dunn

4.77

COM from scratch - PART ONE
Updated: 18 Apr 2004

An article about COM.

Aria Ansari

4.73

Understanding The COM Single-Threaded Apartment Part 2

Updated: 19 Feb 2005

Learn the fundamental principles of the COM Single-Threaded Apartment Model by code examples.

4.72

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 4

Updated: 12 Aug 2000

Here we add a method to our DCOM-remoted object, and start on implementing its functionality.

4.65

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 7

Updated: 22 Dec 2003

At last! We finish our tutorial by writing a client with MFC, AppWizard, and ClassWizard, like back in the good ol' days (sighhh...)

4.63

COM in plain C, Part 5
Updated: 22 May 2006

Add a connectable object (source/sink).

4.63

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 1

Updated: 9 Jan 2006

This tutorial shows you how to write DCOM software, with all the latest features, in a simple, straightforward manner.

4.60

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 3

Updated: 12 Aug 2000

In this step we add a simple COM object to our server using the New ATL Object Wizard.

4.56

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 6

Updated: 9 May 2005

We build our new server and install it on the server machine.

4.55

A simple yet debuggable COM skeleton code
Updated: 10 Nov 2002

Tutorial showing how to build COM components from scratch (DLL, exe, automation).

Stephane Rodriguez.

4.43

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 2

Updated: 12 Aug 2000

We modify starter files, provided by the ATL COM AppWizard, to improve the user-friendliness of our server.

4.30

COM Interface Basics
Updated: 10 Aug 2003

The article is a brief introduction to what is actually going on behind the scenes of a COM interface.

Yaron Nir

4.29

A Beginner's Tutorial for Connection Points Using VC++ and ATL
Updated: 11 Apr 2002

A tutorial on how to create connection points using VC++ and ATL

Ranjan Banerji

4.29

DCOM D-Mystified: Questions and Answers

Updated: 12 Aug 2000

Brian's detailed answers to your most frequently asked questions about his DCOM tutorial.

4.17

Hello World in COM using ATL

Updated: 22 Apr 2004

The objective of this tutorial is to demonstrate how to build a COM Server and an MFC Client using Visual C++ 6.0. We are going to develop a COM server that takes in a string as input parameter and returns the string prefixed with a "Hello".

Imran Ebrahim

3.86

A very simple COM server without ATL or MFC
Updated: 4 Aug 2000

A step by step guide to write a COM server using C++ without MFC or ATL.

.Shoaib

3.57

A Friendly Approach to COM Basics
Updated: 3 Nov 2002

This article will help you to approach COM basics in a friendly manner.

Renjith Ramachandran

2.75

COM in plain C
Updated: 29 Mar 2006

How to create/use COM components in plain C, without MFC, ATL, WTL, or any other framework.

4.93

Understanding Custom Marshaling Part 1
Updated: 18 Aug 2006

Learn the fundamental principles of COM custom marshaling by code examples.

4.83

COM in plain C, Part 2
Updated: 20 Apr 2006

How to write a COM component in C that can be used by script languages such as VBscript, Visual BASIC, jscript, etc.

4.82

Building an Office2K COM addin with VC++/ATL

Updated: 1 May 2003

This article shows how to program an Outlook2000/2K+ COM addin using a pure ATL COM object.

Amit Dey

4.80

COM from scratch - PART TWO
Updated: 18 Apr 2004

An article about COM Library.

Aria Ansari

4.76

Understanding COM Event Handling
Updated: 10 Dec 2004

Learn the fundamental principles of COM Event Handling via a C++ template class that allows for generic handling of dispinterface COM events.

4.74

JavaScript call from C++
Updated: 29 May 2002

A class for easy implementation of JavaScript calls from C++ code

Eugene Khodakovsky

4.73

COM in plain C, Part 4
Updated: 16 May 2006

Make a COM object with multiple interfaces, in C.

4.71

Building a LOCAL COM Server and Client: A Step by Step Example
Updated: 29 Oct 2004

A step-by-step introduction to how to build your own Local COM server and client.

liyang yu

4.71

COM Connection Points
Updated: 22 Jan 2003

This article is intended to explain the concept behind connection points with a clear practical example, which will demonstrate an in-process COM server and an MFC client that uses the server.

Alex C. Punnen

4.70

COM Mailslots - Designing asynchonous COM components for VB
Updated: 11 Apr 2002

This example COM component provides 3 COM objects for using the Win32 Mailslot IPC mechanism. The component may be useful if you need to communicate from VB using Mailslots.

4.70

COM Concept : Unleashing Aggregation
Updated: 31 Oct 2003

Unleashing Aggregation

Dinesh Ahuja

4.62

ATL COM Based Addin / Plugin Framework With Dynamic Toolbars and Menus

Updated: 10 Dec 2004

An article on ATL COM Based Addin / Plugin Framework With Dynamic Toolbars and Menus, based on VC++ Addin Architecture.

thomas_tom99

4.57

Emulating CoCreateInstance()
Updated: 17 Apr 2007

Describes how to use COM objects without registration.

lallous

4.52

COM from scratch - PART THREE
Updated: 18 Apr 2004

An article about COM Containment.

Aria Ansari

4.52

COM Interface Hooking and Its Application - Part I
Updated: 20 Oct 2003

Interaction with MSN Messenger 6.0

Zhefu Zhang

4.52

A VC++ Outlook COM Add-in that publicizes a custom form
Updated: 6 Apr 2005

This article explains how to publicize and retrieve data from custom Outlook forms programmatically.

Andrea Cacciarru

4.50

COM in plain C, Part 7

Updated: 8 Aug 2006

An ActiveX Script Host with custom COM objects. This allows a script to call C functions in your app.

4.49

COM in plain C, Part 3
Updated: 7 May 2006

COM collections in C

4.36

XML Property Bag Implementation
Updated: 2 Dec 2002

This is an ATL/COM-port of Don Box' excellent XML property bag implementation.

Joergen Sigvardsson

4.27

A COM class (DLL) for embedding an embeddable OLE object

Updated: 20 Jul 2006

A COM class (DLL) that embeds an embeddable OLE object.

William.Wang

4.25

Handling COM Events in a Console Application

Updated: 27 Jan 2003

Simple source code that handles COM events easily without the help of MFC, etc.

4.14

Discover COM. Realtime feed for Excel

Updated: 29 Jun 2002

This article will demonstrate how to build and use a COM Add-In using Visual Basic. An useful sample is also provided.

Adrian Bacaianu

4.12

Handling COM Events in a Console Application, Part II

Updated: 28 Jan 2003

Simple code to deal with multiple event sinks/sources

4.10

ATL COM Shared Add Ins Using C++ - The Easy Way

Updated: 5 Mar 2007

ATL COM Shared Add Ins Using C++ - The Easy Way

Doug Richards

4.00

MFC Active Document Servers
Updated: 31 Jan 2002

An article about MFC Active Documents (things that you can put into Wordpad, Excel, Word and other applications documents)

Maciej Pirog

3.95

An ATL Component in C++ that fires COM events

Updated: 15 Jun 2004

A COM component that implements interprocess communication, and illustrates firing events to a COM container such as Visual Basic

Neville Dastur

3.95

Early-binding to a non-existent COM object

Updated: 21 Nov 2001

Simple code that early-binds to a COM object that has not been implemented yet

3.94

Extending COM object with runtime properties through custom interface
Updated: 24 Sep 2003

How to propogate non COM properties to COM client through custom interface

Alex Hazanov

3.80

RunTime COM Object Inspection
Updated: 10 Oct 2003

How to inspect COM object contents at runtime.

TRiVo

3.67

Building COM Components Using MATLAB - Part II
Updated: 3 Mar 2004

Building COM components that can be called from any IDE that supports COM with MATLAB COMBuilder toolbox.

A. Riazi

3.39

Inside COM

Updated: 21 Jul 2004

COM without the complexity. To put it simply, inside COM is written for you.

sbaladevan

3.37

Simple Example to show the functioning of ActiveX control with VB client in ATL COM
Updated: 7 Aug 2002

Using an ActiveX control in COM Server. Accessing the Server using a VB Client.

MADHANMOHAN

3.24

ATL COM EXE Server with MFC support
Updated: 17 Mar 2005

Adding MFC support to the ATL COM EXE Server.

Huang Wei

3.18

COM Concept : Containment
Updated: 13 Nov 2003

COM Concept : Containment

Dinesh Ahuja

3.00

Building COM Components Using MATLAB - Part I
Updated: 28 Feb 2004

Building COM components that can be called from any IDEs that support COM with MATLAB COMBuilder toolbox

A. Riazi

2.86

An introduction to callbacks and connection points with ATL
Updated: 23 Jan 2005

Article giving a general perspective on implement callback interfaces and general notion of connectable objects and connection points.

Mayur Mahajan

2.54

Registering any COM component through coding
Updated: 13 Apr 2005

Registering any COM component through coding.

Jigar Mehta

1.91

Passing C++ Object in ATL DLL Server
Updated: 17 Jun 2002

This article explains how to pass a C++ object across a COM server.

Uttam Kumar Unik!

1.88

Embedding .NET Controls in Java

Updated: 28 Dec 2003

Learn to embed .NET user controls in Java applications, applets, and beans using COM to bridge the gap between the two frameworks.

Heath Stewart

4.73

Exposing .NET Components to COM

Updated: 29 Sep 2004

A method of calling .NET functions from a COM enabled non .NET environment through a COM callable wrapper.

Nick Parker

4.60

OPC and .NET with COM Interoperability

Updated: 9 Jul 2001

How to access OPC (OLE for Process Control) from .NET with advanced COM interop

VISCOM .NET Team

4.57

Understanding Classic COM Interoperability With .NET Applications

Updated: 25 Jul 2001

Discusses how existing COM components can be used from managed code.

Aravind C

4.52

Using COM Objects in Multithreaded .NET Applications

Updated: 13 Aug 2003

Sample VB.NET and C# code that uses existing com objects in ASP.NET pages

4.41

Creating a host application for the .NET Common Language Runtime.

Updated: 23 Oct 2001

This article explains how easy it is to write custom host applications for the .NET Common Language Runtime to run managed code.

Ranjeet Chakraborty

4.30

Using the COM Component Categories Manager in .NET
Updated: 4 May 2004

An article on using the the COM Component Categories Manager in .NET. Focuses mainly on interoping with COM and writing interfaces in MSIL

robo583

4.28

Remote Logging using .NET Queued Components
Updated: 17 Dec 2002

An article on logging using .NET Queued Components.

Mohsin Khalil

4.13

Create an Automation Add-In for Excel using .NET

Updated: 4 Aug 2004

Describes how to create an automation add-in for Excel using .NET.

Govert van Drimmelen

4.05

Handling .NET forms and their events in VB6 main application
Updated: 8 Oct 2005

How to handle .NET forms (and their events ) used as objects in legacy VB6 application.

Emad Al-Ashi

3.79

Referencing binary incompatible versions of COM components in Visual Studio .NET
Updated: 6 Oct 2004

This tutorial explains how to configure Visual Studio .NET projects when working with COM components whose binary compatibility is broken but the library name and method signatures are retained.

Sriram Chitturi

3.77

A generic and typed way to transfer .NET objects to COM+ queued components
Updated: 22 Apr 2004

Article describes a way to pass any .NET managed object as a parameter to a COM+ queued component in an easy way

Dirk Vaneynde

3.63

.NET - COM Interoperability
Updated: 17 Sep 2003

This paper provides a technical overview of .NET and COM interoperability.

KRISHNA PRASAD.N

3.53

ActiveX EXE Wrappers
Updated: 22 Nov 2006

How to expose a .NET EXE assembly to a COM compliant client application (such as VB6 or VBScript) and force the client application to use the running instance of the .NET EXE assembly.

dsnowdy

3.26

COM+ Object Pooling
Updated: 1 Jun 2000

An introduction to the COM+ Object Pooling service

Jeremiah Talkar

4.56

A simple solution for managing state of stateless transactional COM+ components
Updated: 6 Dec 2001

A reusable object-oriented framework for preserving state of stateless components.

Ivo Ivanov

4.38

Programmatic administration of COM+ Applications with the COM+ Admin objects in VC++
Updated: 26 Jan 2001

An introduction to the COM+ administration objects used to provide a way to access and manipulate all of the COM+ configuration data.

Ranjeet Chakraborty

4.06

Designing Asynchronous Processing Using COM+ Queued Services
Updated: 1 Jun 2003

An introduction to COM+ queued services.

Partha Kuchana

2.70

Discover COM: Connection Points versus Mailslots in Replication Directory.

Updated: 20 May 2002

This module is designed to solve the old problem of directory replication.

Adrian Bacaianu

4.69

Passing C++ classes across DCOM
Updated: 16 Nov 2001

Two classes that provide richer interfaces and easier semantics to pass classes via COM/DCOM

Eugene Khodakovsky

4.23

Client/Server connection using DCOM, with anonymous access
Updated: 9 Feb 2005

Quick implementation of client/server connection using DCOM.

Vigen Dolbakyan

4.00

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 2
Updated: 29 Dec 2005

We modify starter files provided by the ATL project wizard, to improve user-friendliness and provide security for our server. I also show you how to do a Replace/Replace All across the whole project.

3.93

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 1

Updated: 17 Jan 2007

This tutorial guides you through the step-by-step details of how to use Visual Studio .NET 2003 to develop DCOM client/server applications.

3.71

DCOM Access Denied Problem
Updated: 8 Oct 2001

This article will walk you through configuring two computers to share a COM component as a distributed component(DCOM).

Shadi Al-Kahwaji

3.53

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 3
Updated: 29 Dec 2005

In this step we add a simple COM object to our server using the ATL Simple Object wizard. Plus, properly initialize and cleanup your COM objects with FinalConstruct() and FinalRelease().

3.52

Offset weaknesses of DCOM with strong points of socket

Updated: 1 Apr 2002

Combination of sockets and DCOM.

Yuancai (Charlie) Ye

3.45

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 5

Updated: 4 May 2006

We look at connection points, and set up the server's end of one, for our simple DCOM "Hello, World!" server.

3.37

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 4
Updated: 30 Dec 2005

Add a method, SayHello(), to the server, that fires the event which the client handles.

2.64

Embeddable script editor for MFC applications
Updated: 16 Jul 2003

A library that allows you to embed scripting functionality to your C++ MFC application.

Alex Hazanov

4.83

Store COM+ administration details as XML files to help with source control
Updated: 9 Apr 2002

There's no standard way to save complex COM+ application configuration in a form that can be placed under version control. This article presents 2 scripts that take advantage of the COM+ Catalog accessibility via script to provide functionality that should really come as standard.

4.82

Pluggable Components using Component Categories Part I

Updated: 19 Sep 2003

An article on using component categories to create pluggable components

Zac Howland

4.81

Automation of COM Dialogs in a DLL
Updated: 29 Apr 2004

Automation of COM Dialogs in a DLL

intensely_radioactive

4.77

Embed an HTML control in your own window using plain C

Updated: 3 Aug 2006

Specifically shows how to embed a browser OLE object in your own window, and more generally demonstrates how to manipulate and create COM/OLE objects, in plain C (ie, no MFC, WTL, ATL, .NET, C#, nor even C++). The latter is applicable to many other uses, such as creating your own script engine.

4.76

Pluggable Components using Component Categories - Part II

Updated: 19 Sep 2003

An article on using component categories to create pluggable components

Zac Howland

4.69

Importing contacts from Outlook
Updated: 21 Feb 2003

Exmaple source code to import items from Outlook using the Office/Outlook Object Model.

Deepesh Dhapola

4.68

SafeCOMWrapper - Managed Disposable Strongly Typed safe wrapper to late bound COM

Updated: 19 Sep 2005

Make version independent COM wrapper using late bound calls yet providing strongly type and disposable interfaces. A version independent managed Outlook Automation Library.

Omar Al Zabir

4.67

Invoking web methods from a C++ console application

Updated: 30 May 2003

A simple COM component to access various web services

4.60

COM delegation using the COM channel hook mechanism
Updated: 28 Apr 2000

Allows a low-privileged COM client to delegate calls to a COM server that is running under a higher-priveleged NT user account.

Paul Barvinko

4.58

Creating COM+ Objects using EnterpriseServices in .NET
Updated: 24 Mar 2003

An article on using .NET to create COM+ distributed components acting with a transaction across multiple databases.

Giles

4.55

STL Compliant Class for SafeArrays

Updated: 22 Nov 2006

Encapsulates the details of SafeArray in a manner consistent with STL. Hides all the messy details.

Julian Brown

4.51

Running Object Table: Provider in .NET, consumer in MFC

Updated: 9 Mar 2007

Two example classes: one in C# that registers itself to the ROT, the other one in MFC/C++ that is using that object

bjdodo

4.50

Extending the Internet Explorer Scripting Engine

Updated: 28 Feb 2003

This article shows you how to extend IE's scripting engine by adding custom event sinks and objects

stereo

4.47

Wrapper class for MsAgent characters

Updated: 25 Aug 2002

An article providing an easy way to use msagent characters

Michael Mac

4.45

Writing an MS Word addin
Updated: 14 Apr 2003

Writing a Word Addin using COM and VB Macros

Amit Dey

4.44

Beginner's Tutorial: Calling Visual Basic ActiveX DLLs from Visual C++
Updated: 19 Nov 1999

C. Lung

4.42

Using ActiveX Control Within A Console Application
Updated: 23 Nov 1999

4.39

Thunking MouseProc in IE add-in
Updated: 3 Nov 2004

An article on thunking MouseProc in IE add-in using BHO.

JaeWook Choi

4.38

Using NHibernate in COM+ (.NET Enterprise Services) Distributed Transactions
Updated: 2 Feb 2006

Shows how to use NHibernate in a COM+ distributed transaction.

Dustin Metzgar

4.33

Getting the most out of IDispatch

Updated: 12 Dec 2003

A C++ class that makes it extremely easy to use a COM object, even in console apps

4.32

ActiveX Controls for interactive Runtime Debugging of COM Objects

Updated: 22 Mar 2001

Three ActiveX controls that allow the runtime-browsing of the object model hierarchy of a COM-Object, its implemented interfaces and the browsing and interactive changing of its properties and methods (a somewhat extended combination of VB's property- and debug-windows).

Frank Boettger

4.31

An introduction to MFC's COM Interface Macros
Updated: 16 Apr 2004

How to define and implement COM interfaces inside an MFC class

Rob Manderson

4.30

Secure BSTR and Other Data Wrappers
Updated: 16 Oct 2003

This atricle introduces a secure wrapper framework for any in-memory data class and discusses its application to the Microsoft bstr_t and CComBSTR wrappers for the COM data type BSTR.

Philip Painter

4.29

Native & Managed Interop Made Simple
Updated: 14 Nov 2007

This article presents a simple calculator component example by using COM Interoperability basics.

Filipe Pereira

4.20

A Very Simple Persistent Cache in a COM+ Component
Updated: 19 Apr 2004

This article describes how to use a COM+ component as a persistent cache. From this simple base, a complete caching system could be built.

Matt Daley

4.19

In-process Servers and DCOMCNFG Utility
Updated: 9 Dec 1999

Discusses DLL surrogates and how legacy in-process components can participate in a distributed environment

George Poulose

4.18

Creating a Dictionary using Word Automation and Text-to-Speech Control
Updated: 18 Dec 2002

An MFC based implementation of a MS Word Speller.

pratheesh

4.17

Using TIP (Transaction Internet Protocol) to Enlist Web Services into COM+ Distributed Transactions

Updated: 4 Apr 2006

Shows how to use TIP to communicate with web services in a COM+ distributed transaction.

Dustin Metzgar

4.17

DECIMAL Wrapper Class
Updated: 19 May 2003

A simple DECIMAL wrapper class suitable for C++ code interfacing VB scripts/OLE automation code etc.

Joergen Sigvardsson

4.16

Event Sinks
Updated: 1 Mar 2007

An introduction to event sinks in C++ in the context of ATL COM Add Ins.

Doug Richards

4.11

A Containment Sample

Updated: 18 Jul 2006

An illustration of the concept of Containment.

Ramchandra.kk

4.09

Writing An Extensible COM Application
Updated: 7 Mar 2003

Writing extensible COM applications using component categorisation and interface inheritance

phykell

4.08

Buried treasure in MFC: COleDispatchDriver

Updated: 9 Nov 2001

Introducing a simple and dynamic com dispatch driver class

4.05

Sinking connection points in C++ objects
Updated: 6 Jun 2002

Sometimes it would be nice to be able to use a simple C++ object as a sink for Connection Point notifications. This article shows you how.

4.05

CBSTRStream - A simple BSTR stream implementation
Updated: 13 Apr 2001

CBSTRStream is a simple BSTR stream implemenation with some useful data type conversion functions.

Morten Abrahamsen

4.00

Test COM+ Event Without Writing a Subscriber.
Updated: 15 Aug 2002

The COM+ Event Subscriber Studio (ESS) is a lite tool to test a COM+ Event System Notification without writing a Subscriber. This article describes a loosely coupled design and implementation details of the 'Virtual Subscriber' and its usage in the ESS Tool.

Roman Kiss

4.00

Automation of Form Views
Updated: 3 May 2004

An article on how to add automation to a form view

intensely_radioactive

4.00

A Big Integer Package for Use in Visual Basic Written in Visual C++

Updated: 17 Nov 2006

A 'How To' for creating a COM Big Integer library using Visual C++ ATL wizard and Wei Dai's Crypto++ library.

Jeffrey Walton

4.00

Building COM Objects in C#
Updated: 3 Aug 2004

Building COM Objects in C#.

mubbsher

3.98

How to Use IMessageFilter: the complete edition

Updated: 20 Feb 2006

This article shows you exactly how to create a COM object that uses IMessageFilter - both in client and server sides.

Ohad Redlich

3.95

A light wrapper class for GUID

Updated: 7 Oct 2005

A CGuid class for manipulating the GUID structure.

Jozef Boek

3.91

How to Use the IMessageFilter
Updated: 11 Jan 2006

This article explains how to use the IMessageFilter.

Ohad Redlich

3.88

A smart critical section wrapper for COM objects
Updated: 30 Mar 2000

An extremely simple class that wraps the win32 CRITICAL_SECTION. Ideal for the COM STA or MTA.

Jeremiah Talkar

3.85

CEnBSTR - A simple _bstr_t extension

Updated: 30 Sep 2001

A simple _bstr_t extension to wrap basic string functionality (find, mid, replace aso)

Morten Abrahamsen

3.83

Using the COM+ Event System service in the .Net Application.
Updated: 7 Sep 2001

This article describes how the COM+ LCE can be incorporated in the .Net application using the C# language.

Roman Kiss

3.82

Minimalist In-Process Interface Marshaling
Updated: 20 Apr 2006

Implementing in-process cross-apartment COM interface marshaling without type libraries or registry changes.

Catalin Patulea

3.80

Component Category Manager wrapper classes
Updated: 25 Feb 2000

COM objects can be categorised using the Component Category Manager. The code here makes it easier to use these categories in your code.

3.69

Using ActiveX Control Inside MATLAB
Updated: 14 Jan 2004

Employing COM features of MATLAB to host an ActiveX control.

A. Riazi

3.68

COM+ Running Process
Updated: 28 Jul 2005

Monitoring COM+ running applications.

M_Rizwan

3.62

Using COM+ Resource Dispenser in the .Net Application.
Updated: 18 Sep 2001

This article describes how to incorporate the resource dispenser into the .Net application using the C# language to build a poolable resource.

Roman Kiss

3.60

Writing extensible applications
Updated: 26 Feb 2000

Using simple in-process COM objects you can make an application easy to extend without the need for recompilation of the main app.