Guide (COM)

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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