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We have an ActiveX DLL containing both full controls and simple objects, implemented in C++ / ATL.
We've updated the library, and want to assign a new version number (say 2, instead of 1). If we edit the RGS and IDL files to reflect the new version number, our users find that the full controls aren't instantiated unless the registry contains the -old- version keys. When a VB project using the controls is opened, it recognizes that an updated version has been registered (asks if you want to update the project), but then can't instantiate the full controls.
There is no problem with simple controls, since there is no version number info for them in their registry entries. The problem is only exhibited with full controls.
What are we doing wrong? We've searched everywhere we can think of in MSDN and elsewhere for how to do this, but can't find any info. If someone can either answer or point us to documentation, we'd be greatly appreciative.
David Stranz
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I've got this ActiveX Object (made w/ VC++6.0), it creates a thread (so i can have multiple running at the same time), but it also fires events to my Visual Basic App. With me creating threads cause problems for those events trying to get back to the application?
It seems that way. VB seems to crash when i Fire an event. When i use an activex control, does it have its own thread? Can i redirect the thread ID or something like that? It's just being flat out weird. Has anyone had the same trouble before? I set up connection points at the beginning when i made the obj., is there any other settings that i need to have? Even a little bit of help will go a long way for me...Thanks Y'all. 
~TIM!
SHABBA!!
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I need to be Free threaded. If you selected Apartment Threaded when you created the object it will fail.
Go into the rgs-file, and check the threading model, it should say "Free" and not "Apartment" or something else...
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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As well as that, you need to initialise it as multithreaded. Do this in your thread function.
G.Luck 
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Use COM aggregation: OuterObject ICar, inner aggregated object IVehicle.
Have a VB scripting client.
When I create the (outer) car object, IntelliSense only shows me the methods and properties of this one (as in the IDL it is defines as the [default] interface for the coclass.
I would expect those of the aggregated IVehicle as well
Otherwise one can't know that IVehicle is aggregated and supported by ICar and therefore can be accessed through ICar.
The object browser only shows two separate Interfaces and its properties ICar and IVehicle.
So where can one see in VB, that ICar also supports the Interface IVehicle?
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Hi,
I'm using ATL and have written an event that passes a SAFEARRAY (of
doubles) back to the client as one of its parameters
In the IDL file I've declared this as:
[id(2), helpstring("method SpoilValuesReadyEvent")] HRESULT
TFASpoilsReadyEvent(SAFEARRAY(double)* a, double b, double c);
producing:
HRESULT Fire_TFASpoilsReadyEvent(SAFEARRAY * * a, DOUBLE b, DOUBLE c) etc...
in the proxy file.
I'm testing the code from a VB client. The client produces:
Private Sub test_TFASpoilsReadyEvent(a() As Double, ByVal b As Double, ByVal
c As Double)
This all seems to be OK. However, when I fire the event, it is not caught
by the client. Is there any reason for this apart from probable
incompetence ?
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Why don't you catch the error and get a error description of the failure, this way we might be able to help you ?
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Hi, there is no error generated as such. The problems I'm having centre around:
1. The IDL complaining that an interface doesn't support automation.
2. The interface being seeminly ok until I try to use it in a client. The client (i'm testing in VB) will try to implement the event handler and either not catch it or crash at the first line of code in the handler.
Judging by other stuff i've seen on the net there seems to be a problem with passing SAFEARRAYS and VARIANTS through event interfaces.
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download this sample from chris sells site
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/CComSafeArray.zip
This has a excellent sample that uses Safearray between C++ and VB
But...
Looking at your code, everthing seems to be OK. It may be that you have some basic COM security problems. i.e. your server machine does not have the rights to fire data at your client machine.
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Hi.
I read that there is a way to display addition attributes in Active directory on the context menu of Microsoft Window Shell and Active Directory administrative adds-in. Does anyone has a sample code for this or know where it is available?
Thank you.
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Hi.
I read that there is a way to display addition attributes in Active directory on the context menu of Microsoft Window Shell and Active Directory administrative adds-in. Does anyone has a sample code for this or know where it is available?
Thank you.
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In our shop we utilize an application generator "Cool Plex". It builds C++ code and compiles it into dlls. One of its abilities is to include ActiveX controls on a screen. We have written an ActiveX control that dynamically creates a form using Combo box, ListBox and Ms MaskEdBox control. A typical usage might include 2 or 3 instances of each.
The Problem: 
Inside our ActiveX we capture the Tab key in each control (control_OnKeyUp) and set focus to the next control, except for the MaskedEdit controls. We get other keys in the KeyUp event, but not the Tab key!!??
If I create a VB app and embed the control in it, the tabbing works as normal, So far, even worse. Now it appears the PLEX generated application is inhibiting the Tab key from getting to the MaskedEdit control which is encapsulated in our ActiveX control. Other encapsulated controls seem to work fine.
It seems to me that these symptoms are mutually exclusive. I don't see how this is possible, but the developer on this project has convinced me that this is what is happening.
1. PLEX container passes (or never gets) Tab key presses to the ActiveX control.
2. PLEX container inhibits the Tab key when the focus inside the ActiveX control is in a MaskedEdit control.
3. I believe the encapsulated control with the focus, gets the events before PLEX, precluding inhibiting the tab key at all.
4. PLEX container has no way to differentiate the encapsulated control with the focus from any other.
5. PLEX container has no way to differentiate the type of control. How could it know that the focus in our Activex control is on a MaskEdBox?
Thanks for the help,
Bill
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Hi,
I am using a COM component(Local Server) from a VB Client.
My client is a System-Tray Application.
In Client, During Form_Unload, I am calling a COM interface function
because, I have to call that Interface function whenever the
client exits.
When I restart the machine without exiting the client application,
i get an Automation Error...
An Outgoing Call cannot be made since the Application is dispatching
an Input Synchronous call.
This is happening because of the Interface method I am calling
from the clients Form_Unload event.
How can I Resolve this...?
I have to call that Interface function whenever the
client exits.
I dont understand which "Input Synchronous call" this error
is referring to ?
Is it Form_Unload ??
But it doesnt give this error when the Client is exited
manually (from an option in the clientUI)
Please somebody help me out...
Thanks
Firoz
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Hi,
Use Form_QueryUnload instead of Form_Unload, this might help, becuase Form_QueryUnload called before the client exists, but Form_Unload is called when the application is already being unloaded. By the way, you can stop existing the client using Form_QueryUnload event using Cancel argument.
ShadiK.
Shadi Al-Kahwaji
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I am new at COM and I am not understanding why when I call
hr = CoCreateInstance ( CLSID_ITvVgaOutPut,
NULL,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_ITvVgaOutPut,
(void**) &pITVO );
I get this--> error C2065: 'CLSID_ITvVgaOutPut' : undeclared identifier
and this --> error C2065: 'IID_ITvVgaOutPut' : undeclared identifier
i thought if the Interface is not found that it return a bad value that i could test with SUCCEEDED(hr)but it wont compile. Any suggestions would useful or tips. Thanks!!
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Hi,
You need to have the Header file which defines all the
CLSIDs and IIDs.
or
You should #import the TypeLibrary/Dll/Exe of the Component.
Firoz
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I do have the header files however even when I do a #include of the file I still get the error. Now this interface is to a video card that I do not have installed on my machine. Would that be a factor? I know that the CLSID are in the registry and it would make the most logical sense to develope on a machine where the card was located, but I did not have a machine available.
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The problem your having is that the compiler does not know the CLSID and IID. This means that you did not include them. This has absolutely nothing to do with the COM object not being registered, this would only cause a runtime error -> CoCreateInstance returns a class or interface not registered error.
There are two way to use a COM object.
1. Import the type library (.tlb file), just as you would include a header file, e.g. #import "component.tlb" at the top of your .h or .cpp file.
2. Add the _i.c file generated by the components .idl file to your product and include the generated .h file into your .h or .cpp file. This is probably not the way for you as you wil probably not have these files and do not have the source files (read .idl file) to generate them.
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This effect could be caused by a number of different problems.
1. Is the component header file included in a precompiled header? If so, rebuild all should fix it.
2. Do your usage and the defined constants match EXACTLY. I once spent a day of a case discrepency.
3. To find out whats going on. Sprinkle #pragma message statements around and in the include file. They will show you when the include is being recompiled.
e.g.
In the yyy.cpp file
#pragma message("include xxx.h")
#include "xxx.h"
in the xxx.h file
#pragma message("compiling xxx.h")
If your header file contains any ifdefs or pragma once statements (or any other ambiguities, add another message right after the actual definition lines.
#define IID_...
#pragma message("defined IID...")
in
Hope this helps,
Bill
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I feel kind of stupid for asking this, because I haven't had an unresolved external link problem since I began programming three years ago...but here it goes.
I am trying to access the DOM of Internet Explorer. When I call QueryInterface() on other interfaces such as IID_IHTMLDocument, it compiles and works just fine. However, when I do this:
IMarkupServices* pMarkup;
pInterface->QueryInterface(IID_IMarkupServices, (LPVOID*)&pMarkup);
I get the following compiler error:
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _IID_IMarkupServices
I've never had an error like this in relation to COM, so I am kind of baffled as to what I need to link to, or do, in order to resolve this link.
Thank-you very much...
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Do a find-in-files in the LIB directory for that symbol, and you'll find that it's in uuid.lib.
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Hello everyone,
I am new at COM. I want to implement a COM object that throws _com_error objects as error. How can I implement such a functionality in my COM object.
Busy Bee
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Hi Busy,
Sorry, but the COM standard only allow COM-errors, if you want it to throw a generic error, you can write a wrapper for your COM-module, that catch a com error and then throw an error.
/_henrik
Henrik Sternberg,
Cambridge Technolgy Partners Central Europe
www.ctp.com/ce
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Are you working with ATL?
Cheers
Carlos Antollini.
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Look at IErrorInfo in combination with HRESULT. There is plenty of info in MSDN.
Michael 
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