Calling COM from .NET Clients
COM has been the standard for a very long time, at least in computer programming years. As a result, literally millions of existing COM objects and associated COM clients exist. .NET does not presuppose its programming model as a 100% solution for all functionality written for an application. .NET developers will be working with existing COM infrastructure for years to come. It is for this reason that .NET comes well equipped to deal with the heterogeneous world through predefined interop capabilities.
The Basics
Calling a COM server from a .NET client can be a very simple task in the majority of cases, but depending on your requirements, the process can quickly become complex. We'll start with the simple. In this ...
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