.NET Common Language Runtime Unleashed

Chapter 8. Using COM/COM+ from Managed Code

In This Chapter

• The Runtime Callable Wrapper

• Programmatically Generating an Interop Assembly

• Late-Binding to a COM Component

• Interop with ActiveX Controls

• Interop with SOAP

COM has become the standard for allowing binary interoperability. It has provided a means for most languages to instantiate and use methods defined on a COM server. VB, Perl, C++, Java, JavaScript, VBScript, and other languages instantiate objects and call methods on COM components. This level of interoperability has greatly contributed to the popularity of this technology. Reusing components in environments that were not anticipated when the component was developed has become the norm. Many people have benefited from the COM's features. ...