IS there a way to activate a COM component which is EXE COM application and also it's dependent COM dlls? I want to activate this COM component from .NET application(VS 2005/VS 2008). the path of call is C# application --> invoking out-of-proc exe(this is through COM) and then this out-of-proc invokes few COM dlls
A:
Registration free activation is described here. Roughly speaking, it looks like you create your COM components and clients as usual, then put them all into the same directory with a manifest file which contains the COM registration information.
1800 INFORMATION
2009-06-22 09:17:41
I had seen this and tried using this for the application. it works for a dll, but not for a exe.as I said the path of call is C# application --> invoking out-of-proc exe(this is through COM) and then this out-of-proc invokes few COM dlls.
2009-06-22 09:30:03
oh sorry, I don't think that registration free COM activation really supports DCOM
1800 INFORMATION
2009-06-22 09:34:38
thanks for the quick answer. is it documented by microsoft in some place that out-of-proc COM is not supported for registration free activiatation? I searched but couldn't get any information on this.
2009-06-22 09:39:22
I don't have documentation links, but from what i know there is no regfreecom support for out-of-proc servers.
Constantin
2009-06-22 09:50:40
I found the link here which says out-of-proc is not supported and only dlls are supported. link - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188708.aspx#S4;search tag "The limitations of Reg-Free COM"
2009-06-24 05:54:58
A:
You can check this article. Author is loading COM IFilter objects bypassing standard CoCreateInstance. Maybe this can help you.
arbiter
2009-06-22 11:17:28
+1
A:
Reg-free COM does not work for out of process components.
ActiveX EXE and ActiveX Document project types cannot be used with Reg-Free COM, as discussed in the sidebar.
Simplify App Deployment with ClickOnce and Registration-Free COM
Bob Riemersma
2009-06-25 18:48:56