Getting Started with COM
Yesterday you were introduced to COM. Today, you want to learn how to implement COM using the developer tools Visual Modeler and Visual Basic. With them you will create your COM components. You can also implement COM technology with other tools such as Visual J++, Visual C++, or some other environment that can create a COM component.
One of the main advantages to using Visual Basic for development is its speed and ease of use. As you will see, all you need to do is tell Visual Basic that you want a COM component, add your methods and properties to it, and tell it to compile. That's it. It hides a lot of the complexity for you. This lets you concentrate on the current problem.
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In this chapter you will be using two ...
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