Chapter 8. The Essentials for Using .NET Components from COM

In This Chapter

A Sample .NET Component

Using a .NET Component in Visual Basic 6

Using a .NET Component in Unmanaged Visual C++

Using a .NET Component in Unmanaged JScript

Assembly Registration

The Type Library Exporter

.NET Class Interfaces

Interacting with a .NET Object

Deploying a COM Application That Uses .NET

Hosting Windows Forms Controls in Internet Explorer

It’s time to switch gears and take our first glimpse at the other half of COM Interoperability—.NET components and the COM clients that use them. This chapter is structured similarly to Chapter 3, “The Essentials for Using COM in Managed Code.”

First, we look at three quick examples—using a .NET component ...

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