January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1608 pages
38h 34m
English
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Chapter 6. Advanced Topics for Using COM Components
In This Chapter
• Do-It-Yourself Marshaling
• Threading and Apartments
• Troubleshooting an InvalidCastException
• Securing Unmanaged Calls
• Using COM+ and DCOM Objects
• Inheriting from COM Classes
• Debugging into COM Components
• Monitoring Performance
The previous three chapters covered a lot of information that should help you use most COM components within .NET components and applications, especially if the author of the COM component has produced a customized Primary Interop Assembly. This chapter focuses on a handful of advanced topics that should help you use any COM components in .NET:
• Do-it-yourself marshaling
• Threading and apartments
• Troubleshooting ...