Side-by-Side Execution for COM Interop

Side-by-side execution enables COM applications to safely access multiple versions of managed components through COM interop services. For a summary of side-by-side concepts and configuration models, see the Side-by-Side Execution Overview.

In This Section

• Runtime Initialization from a COM Application
  Describes how COM interop selects a runtime version and resolves managed types.

• Version-Dependent Registry Keys
  Identifies the registry subkeys for multiple assemblies.

• Configuring a COM Application for Side-by-Side Execution
  Describes the configuration files used to specify a version of the runtime and a managed component.

• Applying Version-Dependent Attributes
  Identifies version-dependent attributes and describes their uses.

• COM Components and Side-by-Side Execution
  Discusses the impact of multiple versions of a COM component.

Related Sections

• Side-by-Side Execution
  Explains what side-by-side execution is and how you can use it to run multiple copies of an application, a component, or the entire runtime.

• Primary Interop Assemblies
  Describes how to create and use primary interop assemblies.

• Registration-Free COM Interop
  Describes how COM interop can activate components without using the Windows registry.