Re: [win32-gui] [perl-win32-gui-hackers] How to create/use COM components in plain C, without MFC, ATL, WTL, or any other

[Robert M. <rm...@po...>]

Nice article.  I've tucked it away for future reference.

Rob.

Jeremy White wrote:
> I came across this great article - may be of interest to some people:
> 
> Introduction
> There are numerous examples that demonstrate how to use/create 
> COM/OLE/ActiveX components. But these examples typically use Microsoft 
> Foundation Classes (MFC), .NET, C#, WTL, or at least ATL, because those 
> frameworks have pre-fabricated "wrappers" to give you some boilerplate 
> code. Unfortunately, these frameworks tend to hide all of the low level 
> details from a programmer, so you never really do learn how to use COM 
> components per se. Rather, you learn how to use a particular framework 
> riding on top of COM.
> 
> If you're trying to use plain C, without MFC, WTL, .NET, ATL, C#, or 
> even any C++ code at all, then there is a dearth of examples and 
> information on how to deal with COM objects. This is the first in a 
> series of articles that will examine how to utilize COM in plain C, 
> without any frameworks.
> 
> http://www.codeproject.com/com/com_in_c1.asp
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> jez.
> 
> 
> 
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