Exposing .NET Components to COM/COM+

When COM+ was developed, COM was the prevalent component development technology. Therefore COM+ was developed with COM in mind. COM+ recognizes only COM components; any .NET component that is exposed to COM+ must be exposed as a COM component. In this section, you learn how to expose a .NET component as a COM component. After you do that, the .NET components can be used from the COM clients as well as they can make use of the COM+ services.

Calling a .NET Component from COM/COM+

For COM+ (or any COM client) to find a .NET component, you need to register the .NET component as a COM server in the Windows Registry. This process is known as the assembly registration process and it can be performed by any of the ...

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