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Gary Overgard

COM server?

Will version 5 have any built in abilities to make ActiveX components? (COM
servers)
--Gary

Blair McGlashan

Re: COM server?

"Gary Overgard" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
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> Will version 5 have any built in abilities to make ActiveX components?
(COM
> servers)

Yes, it can deploy both "local" servers (i.e. .exe based), and "in-process"
(i.e. DLL based) servers. Both are self registering, but the latter can also
incorporate a type-library so that it is standalone. It is still necessary
to build the type library (or marshalling code) outside Dolphin, e.g. using
the freely available MIDL compiler against IDL source, or by acquiring a
pre-defined .tlb when one is implementing pre-defined interfaces.

It is already possible to create local servers in D4.

Regards

Blair

Gary Overgard

Re: COM server?

Are there any Dolphin specific tutorials for this?
Thanks in advance
Gary

"Blair McGlashan" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
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> "Gary Overgard" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> news:a3bikg$k9s$[hidden email]...
> > Will version 5 have any built in abilities to make ActiveX components?
> (COM
> > servers)
>
> Yes, it can deploy both "local" servers (i.e. .exe based), and
"in-process"
> (i.e. DLL based) servers. Both are self registering, but the latter can
also
> incorporate a type-library so that it is standalone. It is still necessary
> to build the type library (or marshalling code) outside Dolphin, e.g.
using

> the freely available MIDL compiler against IDL source, or by acquiring a
> pre-defined .tlb when one is implementing pre-defined interfaces.
>
> It is already possible to create local servers in D4.
>
> Regards
>
> Blair
>
>

Eric Winger-5

Re: COM server?

In case you haven't found it yet, the OA wiki has a few pages devoted to
ActiveX components.

http://www.object-arts.com/wiki/html/Dolphin/ImplementingActiveXComponents.htm

Eric

Gary Overgard wrote:

> Are there any Dolphin specific tutorials for this?
> Thanks in advance
> Gary
>
> "Blair McGlashan" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> news:a3bt1b$16r3te$[hidden email]...
>
>>"Gary Overgard" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
>>news:a3bikg$k9s$[hidden email]...
>>
>>>Will version 5 have any built in abilities to make ActiveX components?
>>>
>>(COM
>>
>>>servers)
>>>
>>Yes, it can deploy both "local" servers (i.e. .exe based), and
>>
> "in-process"
>
>>(i.e. DLL based) servers. Both are self registering, but the latter can
>>
> also
>
>>incorporate a type-library so that it is standalone. It is still necessary
>>to build the type library (or marshalling code) outside Dolphin, e.g.
>>
> using
>
>>the freely available MIDL compiler against IDL source, or by acquiring a
>>pre-defined .tlb when one is implementing pre-defined interfaces.
>>
>>It is already possible to create local servers in D4.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Blair
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Gary Overgard

Re: COM server?

--thanks Eric, I was not aware of the Dolphin Wiki.

"Eric Winger" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
news:[hidden email]...
> In case you haven't found it yet, the OA wiki has a few pages devoted to
> ActiveX components.
>
>
http://www.object-arts.com/wiki/html/Dolphin/ImplementingActiveXComponents.h
tm

>
> Eric
>
> Gary Overgard wrote:
>
> > Are there any Dolphin specific tutorials for this?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Gary
> >
> > "Blair McGlashan" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> > news:a3bt1b$16r3te$[hidden email]...
> >
> >>"Gary Overgard" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> >>news:a3bikg$k9s$[hidden email]...
> >>
> >>>Will version 5 have any built in abilities to make ActiveX components?
> >>>
> >>(COM
> >>
> >>>servers)
> >>>
> >>Yes, it can deploy both "local" servers (i.e. .exe based), and
> >>
> > "in-process"
> >
> >>(i.e. DLL based) servers. Both are self registering, but the latter can
> >>
> > also
> >
> >>incorporate a type-library so that it is standalone. It is still

necessary

> >>to build the type library (or marshalling code) outside Dolphin, e.g.
> >>
> > using
> >
> >>the freely available MIDL compiler against IDL source, or by acquiring a
> >>pre-defined .tlb when one is implementing pre-defined interfaces.
> >>
> >>It is already possible to create local servers in D4.
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>Blair
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>