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all groups > dotnet interop > april 2006 > threads for april 15 - 21, 2006

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Interop stops working with new version of COM library
Posted by Jon at 4/21/2006 12:48:01 PM
We have customers developing custom applications with a .NET API we have provided. Internally, the API uses COM interop to talk to a legacy COM interface. The problem is that now we want to upgrade the COM library to the latest version. Ideally, we would like to do this without requiring th...more >>


Can GetActiveObject find multiple running objects?
Posted by Christopher at 4/21/2006 2:19:02 AM
Hi, I can use Marshal.GetActiveObject to attach to a running instance of some application. I can then use Type.InvokeMember to control it. My question is how to attach to a SPECFIC running instance of some application when there may be two instances running. How do I distinguish between them?...more >>

Marshalling "packed" struct
Posted by Marcin Rzeznicki at 4/21/2006 1:37:02 AM
Hello, What is the best approach to marshal structure declared like: typedef struct tag_SCRIPT_CONTROL { DWORD uDefaultLanguage :16; DWORD fContextDigits :1; DWORD fInvertPreBoundDir :1; DWORD fInvertPostBoundDir :1; DWORD fLinkStringBefore :1; DWORD fLinkStringAfter :1; DWORD...more >>

GetWindowPlacement problem. RECT members are all zeroes
Posted by Thue Tuxen Sørensen at 4/20/2006 6:29:02 PM
Hi ! Ive been wrapping GetWindowPlacement function of the Win32 API. The function call succeeds and returns != 0 and the showCmd member looks correct. The problem is that all coordinates in the RECT (rcNormalPosition) are 0 when the functions returns. It all looks like this: [DllImport(...more >>

Excel: Custom Style Color
Posted by Josef Brunner at 4/20/2006 3:50:32 PM
Hi, I need to create a Styel object for my Excel Workbook that contains a special color. I only know the html-like string for this color. Like Style.Interior.Color = "#FFFFF" Any help is appreciated, Kurt ...more >>

SDIOCam.dll and Pinvoke
Posted by Gusa at 4/20/2006 1:21:01 PM
Hello I am trying to use the VEO camera api to take a snapshot. The call to the method goes OK and I get a result indicating that the call was ok. However the dll is supposed to write a file with the picture and there is no file. I cannot find it anywhere. can anybody help with this...more >>

Assembly registration - interface missing
Posted by Peter Hase at 4/20/2006 12:41:24 PM
Hi, I register an assembly with regasm useally like regasm L:/Common/BIN/ComWrapper.dll /tlb:L:/Common/BIN/ComWrapper.tlb /codebase This works excellent most time, but on a few machines there's the problem, that the interface definitions are incomplete. If the coclass is activated via ...more >>

E_FAIL
Posted by danjones.email NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 4/20/2006 12:29:39 PM
I am trying to use AccessibleObjectFromWindow() and it keeps returning E_FAIL. This seems to be an ambiguous error message and i feel like i have tried everything. I used Spy++ to verify that i am giving it the correct handle and several sources have told me that I do have the correct dwObject...more >>



Calling a C++ managed code from C#
Posted by Tooraj at 4/20/2006 9:49:47 AM
Hi, I have wrapped an unmanaged C code in a C++ wrapper. When I call the methods in wrapper everything works perfect but when I add a ref to the wrapper within my C# app and call the wrapper's method there I get a File Not found exception: An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoun...more >>

fix lenght char c parameter
Posted by cheloman12 at 4/20/2006 7:21:03 AM
HI, I’m trying to get a fix length string from an unmanaged C dll. This is an example of the method I must invoke: typedef bool __stdcall (*Add3_t)(char *, char *, char *); Add3_t Add3 = (Add3_t) GetProcAddress(hInstance, "Add3"); // Execute the function char szResul...more >>

Using .NET dll from VB6
Posted by uwe.braunholz NO[at]SPAM hotmail.de at 4/20/2006 7:11:37 AM
Hello, I want to use a .NET classlibrary from my VB 6-Application. There are some tutorials for that, but I want to do some specials. In some thread I read, it would be possible to place the .net dll in the apps-dir and I would not have to register the dll on the target system. How can I...more >>

Making [DllImport(...)] configurable at runtime in C#
Posted by It's the Angry Snapping Goose at 4/19/2006 9:51:05 PM
Hi All: Can the following be done in C# Go from: [DllImport("test.dll")] extern "C" int testFunc(int y); To: [DllImport(dllNameVariable)] extern "C" int testFunc(int y); Where "dllNameVariable" is some kind of "string" object that can be initialized either by looking at an envi...more >>

Accessing core .NET Framework classes from COM
Posted by Zoe Hart at 4/19/2006 5:37:02 PM
Can any of the classes that are part of the .NET Framework be accessed directly from COM? I.e. are they ComVisible? Or do I need to develop a custom .NET wrapper which is ComVisible and use that as the middleware between my COM client and the .NET Framework class? My specific scenario is th...more >>

Registering .NET assembly that used COM Interop
Posted by DWrek at 4/19/2006 7:48:01 AM
Hello, I have a .NET assembly that is called from a classic ASP website. Can I still use XCopy deployment for this assembly if it utilizes COM Interop or do I need to use RegASM.exe? I plan to deploy the assembly in question to the "bin" directory of my web application. Thank you. ...more >>

calling COM objects
Posted by ramaseshan.k NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 4/19/2006 7:11:21 AM
Hi I am c# newbie coming from c++ background. I need to call a COM object(which was written in VC++) from my c# program. The c++ application(Let's call it abc) has an .ODL file that defines the COM interface. It generates a tlb(abc.tlb) file. The application's COM is registered in the regis...more >>

exception handling
Posted by Vigj at 4/19/2006 5:59:02 AM
Hi I'm developing a com object (later used by a mfc c++ application) in C#. The result is a dll that the C++ application loads and from which istantiates forms, objects etc etc sometimes C# code throws an exception and c++ code gets killed. My question is very simple: is there a way to set ...more >>

uninstalling 3rd party application
Posted by Gregory Khrapunovich at 4/18/2006 10:12:59 AM
Hi, I would like my C# program to uninstall our old installation. Is it possible from C# to do the same think that user does, i.e get the list of installed applications (similar to Add/Remove programs), select an application, and command it to uninstall? I am using Visual Studio 2003, but ...more >>

Enumerating MarshalByRefObject objects in VB script
Posted by Eugene Pavlov at 4/17/2006 7:20:04 AM
Hi, I have the following interfaces in my C# project: [Guid("EFA1BE2F-92E3-4c69-9204-AE77D31A1E22")] [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual)] public interface IMyEnumerable { [DispId(-4)] IEnumerator GetEnumerator(...more >>

FASTEST way to write in Excel - VB.NET
Posted by Niyazi at 4/17/2006 5:47:01 AM
Hi, I have a data table that contains around 9000 rows, And I am sending the data into pre-formated Excel sheet and you can see my code below: Dim myRow as Integer = 13 Dim rowNTMS as DataRow With oWB.ActiveSheet For Each rowNTMS In ExcelTABLE.Rows .Cells(myRow, 1).value = rowNT...more >>


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