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difference between MIDL Compiler Versions 6.00.0361 and 5.01.0164

13-May-04 11:02

Thanks much, the information is much appreciated.

- Aaron

MFC application to DCOM

paulkned12-May-04 4:32

paulkned

12-May-04 4:32

Hi,

I'm really new to DCOM but my boss wants me to get into it. so here's my question:

I currently have a SDI MFC application which is a media player with DirectX, but that's beside the point. The thing is my boss wants me to implement the current application with some diagnostics software which has to call my application and pass along some values. The idea is to use DCOM as the interface between both applications but I'm kind of at a loss what I need to do now though. I've been reading some DCOM tutorials and I kind of understand how it works but I haven't been able to really find what I need to do to convert my current application to a component which understands messages it's sent. I'd be very greatful if anyone could help me or point me to some text on the internet which could help me.

-Paul

Tarundeep Singh Kalra10-May-04 20:04

Tarundeep Singh Kalra

10-May-04 20:04

hi,
this is my observation , correct me if i am wrong .

I was defining a UDT which consist of a

[uuid(D8B3861A-74C6-11d2-0000-00C04FB17CDB)]
struct _BSSID_INFO
{
BSTR name;
short grade;
//classification type;
VARIANT_BOOL graduate;
};

in the IDL file.
Now when i was compiling with Default Visual Studio IDE Compiler it gave the
following errors :-

error MIDL2072 : inapplicable attribute : [uuid] [ Struct '_BSSID_INFO' ]
error MIDL2072 : inapplicable attribute : [uuid] [ Struct '_BSSID_INFO' (
Parameter 'bssid_info' ) ]
warning MIDL2039 : interface does not conform to [oleautomation] attribute :
[ Parameter 'bssid_info' of Procedure 'get_BSSID_INFO' ( Interface
'ICWiFiMgr' ) ]

but when i compiled with new vesrion of compiler and replaced it with new
MIDL.exe in the bin dir of VS6 it compiled correctly.

Any Inputs
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help

Member 93959610-May-04 0:07

Member 939596

10-May-04 0:07

dear,
i use .net framework v1.0.3705. win 2000 sp 4. i try to registry my dll with regasm or regsvcs. but, i have an error.
"Strong name validation failed for assembly
'C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\RegAsm', The file may have been
tampared with or it was partially signed but not fully signed with the correct private key."

event if, i just run regasm or regsvcs from .net command prompt, i have a same error.
please help me sir/madam...i really appreciate for your help.

best regards

Re: help

Tuwing.Sabado8-Jun-04 17:37

Tuwing.Sabado

8-Jun-04 17:37

hi,

I already saw this behavior when you referenced the System.EnterpriseServices without a strongname, the behavior of project act strangely, in design time the COM run smoothly but if you want to register your object into component services the problem occurs. The RegAsm utility show an error saying about strongname. The just add strongname to your project will solve your problem.

mark

Custom Interface in COM Exe

shahzi9-May-04 23:05

shahzi

9-May-04 23:05

I am trying to implement a simple COM Application using Custome Interface and trying to get its object through CoCreateInstace(....). But it can get pointer to IUnknown interface but not the pointer to the COM Object. \

But the above scenerio works well in case of COM DLL Application.
Kindly help me in this regard.

Re: Custom Interface in COM Exe

Mike Dimmick10-May-04 2:04

Mike Dimmick

10-May-04 2:04

Have you built and registered your proxy/stub library?

If you're using an Automation-compliant interface (only using types defined for the VARIANT type) and the Automation marshaller, this step is not necessary as long as you have registered your type library.

When you make an out-of-process call, COM has to translate the call arguments from the source process to the destination process - this is called marshalling. This isn't necessary in-process as long as the components are loaded into the same apartment (if they load into different apartments or contexts, COM needs to marshal between them). The proxy/stub DLL contains two parts, a proxy and a stub. The proxy is loaded into the client's address space and impersonates the server for the client. The stub loads into the server's address space and impersonates the client for the server.

The Automation marshaller simplifies things a bit; it's able to generate a proxy and a stub from the type library.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

BSTR

monrobot139-May-04 13:48

9-May-04 13:48

First off I'm new to COM programming so maybe this question is foolish.

In the class I'm writing I need some strings so I'm using the CComBSTR class (I'm using ATL) for my strings. If I need to convert that item to a regular char can I use the OLE2A (and it's realated macros) to do this? I'm doing OLE2CA(bsString.Copy()) to convert it. Will this work?

Also are BSTR's the best types to use for function paramters when implementing the functions of the interface?

Thanks!

- Aaron

Anonymous9-May-04 19:49

Anonymous

9-May-04 19:49

Yes, be sure and use the USES_CONVERSION macro before using any of the ATL conversion macros.

monrobot13 wrote:
Also are BSTR's the best types to use for function paramters when implementing the functions of the interface?

Yes

monrobot1310-May-04 6:18

10-May-04 6:18

Thanks very much.

- Aaron

Shaun Oldale11-May-04 2:55

Shaun Oldale

11-May-04 2:55

I don't think you should use the Copy() function as this will allocate a new BSTR. CComBSTR has a BSTR operator, so OLE2CA(bsString) should be sufficient.

Shaun
Smile | :)

monrobot1312-May-04 18:47

12-May-04 18:47

Alright, thanks for the tip.

- Aaron

COM+ Identity

mtone7-May-04 7:46

mtone

7-May-04 7:46

I have a need to change a COM+ Applications Identity and password thru script or other compiled code( Preferably not C++). I have found some documentation but nothing ever address this. Your help is greatly appreciated

Thanks

Steve S7-May-04 8:29

Steve S

7-May-04 8:29

You need to use the COM+ Admin objects to do this, you get the application, then set the User and Password properties, followed by a save changes. I've done this using VBS and also C++, which was somewhat 'contorted', but well worth the effort, as I ended up with some admin utilities for saving/restoring application configuration.

Steve S

mtone7-May-04 9:08

mtone

7-May-04 9:08

Thanks Steve. I got This far but it does not work. I found this code on MSDN
All works except for the comp object it stays set to nothing and it does not look like the comps.SaveChanges() would save anything

        Dim cat As New COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog()<br />
        Dim apps As COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalogCollection<br />
        apps = cat.GetCollection("Applications")<br />
        apps.Populate()<br />
<br />
        Dim comps As COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalogCollection<br />
        Dim comp As COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalogObject<br />
<br />
            comps = apps.GetCollection("Components", AppID)<br />
            comps.Populate()<br />
<br />
            comp.Value("Description") = "This is my Jofreder description"<br />
            comps.SaveChanges()

Steve S9-May-04 21:30

Steve S

9-May-04 21:30

You seem to be missing several steps there, namely extracting an AppID to get the components from, etc. However, you're on the right lines. Right now I'm in the middle of restoring one on my machines, and when that's done, I'll post some example VBS code that does what you want, along with an explanation - assuming my ISP doesn't screw up, of course, and my restore works^*!!

Steve S
^*It's a test, OK, no real machines are being harmed, and it's restoring onto a scratch disk, just to prove it can. I'm not paranoid - they are out to get me... Smile | :)

mtone10-May-04 2:32

mtone

10-May-04 2:32

I got it working Steve. Thanks For the Help.