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Guide (COM)

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  • 12/10/2020

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This guide introduces the Microsoft Component Object Model (COM).

  • What's New in COM
  • The Component Object Model
  • Processes, Threads, and Apartments
  • COM Clients and Servers
  • Making and Processing Asynchronous Calls
  • Defining COM Interfaces
  • Registering COM Applications
  • Security in COM
  • Error Handling in COM
  • COM Handlers
  • DLL Surrogates
  • Monikers
  • Events in COM and Connectable Objects
  • Component Categories Manager Implementation

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