component-services

Component Service and C#

I have a VB6 COM dll that I've wrapped in COM+ (component services). For the life of me I can't figure out how to get the reference to the service imported/working in C#. Google isn't helping me at all. Nothing shows up in the add a reference dialog box that is even close to the name of my service. Does anyone have any code/tips for how ...

How should I go about moving Component Services to a new server?

We're moving our test server onto a new box, and I need to migrate all of our components that are in Component Services to the new box. We have all of the COM dll files located in sub folders in a COM directory on the server, and we want to copy that entire directory and register all the applications in Component Services just like they ...

Problem finding office DCOM in Component Services in Windows 7

I have a problem getting my word and excel to work in ASP .NET. I get the error message: {System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: 80070005. at xxx.Utility.WordDocument..ctor(String filePath, HttpServerUtility u...

Difference between "traditional" COM and COM+ (in Component Services)

By the "traditional" way I mean registering the DLL in registry. There seems to be another method to set up it by going to mmc->Component Services->COM+ Applications and adding the .tlb file. I have a COM library that supports both methods. When it installs, it registers itself in the registry as a COM component and it works fine. Howe...