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Using DCOM to Connect to Business Objects

Distributed COM is a way to invoke objects remotely using the COM specifications. The DCOM works by registering the remote object in your system registry with a pointer to the remote system where the object actually exists. When the object is called from the client, the system creates what is known as proxy, which handles all the communication between the local system and the remote system. In this architecture you develop your application as if the COM component is on the local system. All the work to move the request to the remote system and return the response to the client is handled by Windows.

DCOM enables component applications to operate across the Internet. DCOM provides the following ...