com-server

Excel 2007 UDF: how to add function description, argument help?

The description I am writing a couple of Excel UDFs in COM Servers. I'd like to get the standard help (Insert Function dialog) that you get when you press fx. Yes, I can see my COM Server listed in among the Category drop down, but I also see Equals, GetHashCode, GetType, and ToString (which are fairly undesirable to expose to the Exc...

Com Server: .tlbimp.exe does not recognize methods with pointer parameters

I am writing a comserver that have a pointer as parameter: STDMETHODIMP TServerDidleComTestImpl::GetMyObject(IDummyComObj** outObj) { //Do stuff } When I am writing a client in c++ I have no problem with this method, but when trying to write a .Net client the tlbimp.exe says: Type library importer has encountered a method with...

Out of Process COM Server - can't create file

I'm attempting to run the following piece of code from an Out-of-Process COM Server in its main thread, however no file is ever created. I wondered if anyone can tell me why this is? FILE *f = fopen("Log.txt", "w"); fputs("Tony", f); fputs("\n", f); fclose(f); ...