In Microsoft COM technologies, out-of-process refers to COM servers implemented in such a way that they reside outside the process(es) that use them.
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How to run DCOM server as logged user?
I have the following situation: my application, a service, instantiates a DCOM server (exe) using CoInitialize and CreateInstance in order to get its interface pointer, it is working fine on XP but since this server creates a GUI it doesn't work on…
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CoCreateInstance returns E_NOINTERFACE from COM service (service restart fixes it)
Once in a while, a COM service that I've implemented will get into a state where my C++ client application will start failing to create the COM object due to an E_NOINTERFACE error. The client application is a one-time run (non-persistent) .exe that…
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WM_PAINT and non finished COM calls (ATL OOP Server "Deadlock")
We have developed an STA ATL COM OOP Server and all works fine, almost. We are facing a problem: As the COM client internally gets the result of any COM call through a windows message the WM_PAINT message (or any other message i guess) can be…
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Call method from out-of-process COM component using PHP on Azure
I've written a simple PHP script which instantiates a COM object for an out-of-process (i.e. exe file) COM component and uses it to call a COM method that the component exposes. This COM method very simply quadruples the number passed as the first…
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VB.NET exe that talks to out-of-process COM on activate event bombs when external script AppActivates it
I wrote a VB.NET Windows Forms app that requests a string from an out-of-process COM object every time the activate event fires. My form has two tabs, so I need to programmatically flip to the correct tab every time my window gains focus. Works…
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Changes in registry keys after adding a new interface and a componet to out-of-proc COM server
I am going through a code that has a exe having a COM server(a COM class implemented in ATL).
It has a .idl file having all interfaces defined.
Now after registration of the COM server, i went through the registry entries and i could find the…
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ASPNET out-of-proc session is mysteriously reset
I'm facing a very peculiar issue with sessions being reset without any apparent reason. This happens randomly, once every few tens or hundreds of requests.
My web application is running on windows 2003, IIS 6.0, .NET 1.1. The application has a…
