COM/DCOM/COM+

Use this method to release references to COM objects immediately.

Export the COM+ application with the input name to a MSI installer file Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: ExportComPlusApplication("MyComPlusApp", "C:\MyComPlusApp.msi", "")

Get an array with the members of an application's role Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: Dim members() As String = GetComPlusAppRoleMembers("System Application", "Administrator", "") Dim member As String For Each member In members Console.Wr

Get an array with the name of an application's roles Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: Dim roles() As String = GetComPlusAppRoles("System Application", "") Dim role As String For Each role In roles Console.WriteLine(role) Next

Shut-down the COM+ application with the input name Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: ShutDownComPlusApplication("MyComPlusApp", "")

Start the COM+ application with the input name Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: StartComPlusApplication("MyComPlusApp", "")

Create a new COM+ application, and return True if the operation is successfull Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: AddComPlusApplication("MyComPlusApp", "")

Create a new role to a COM+ application, and return True if the operation is successfull Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: AddComPlusAppRole("MyComPlusApp", "MyTestRole", "")

Add a member to a COM+ application's role, and return True if the operation is successfull Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: AddComPlusAppRoleMember("MyComPlusApp", "MyTestRole", "MYPC\Owner", "")

Delete a COM+ application, and return True if the operation is successfull Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: DelComPlusApplication("MyComPlusApp", "")

Delete a role from a COM+ application, and return True if the operation is successfull Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: DelComPlusAppRole("MyComPlusApp", "MyTestRole", "")

Remove a member from a COM+ application's role, and return True if the operation is successfull Note: requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library Example: DelComPlusAppRoleMember("MyComPlusApp", "MyTestRole", "MYPC\Owner", "")

Register an Enterprise Service in the COM+ Catalog Note: requires a reference to the System.EnterpriseServices.dll assembly This version identify the enterprise service with its path Example: RegisterEnterpriseService("C:\Temp\TestService.dll")

Unregister an Enterprise Service from the COM+ Catalog Note: requires a reference to the System.EnterpriseServices.dll assembly Note: applicationID is the name of the COM+ application that contains the components in the assembly - it can be Nothing This version identify the enterprise ...

To save to file the graph generated by a MSChart control, you must use the control

Returns an array with the names of the installed COM+ Applications Params: the name of the server - defaults to the local server Requires a reference to the COM+ Admin Type Library, in the COM tab of the References dialog box Example: Dim apps() As String = GetComPlusApplications() Dim app ...

Printing is one of the things that you can't do directly from withing ASP: to have a printout of your data from ASP you must instantiate a COM component - either a custom component, a WebClass, or a commercial COM server such as Microsoft Word or Excel - and print from there. However, even if ...

When you use a COM or COM+ from a .NET application and then you set the object reference to Nothing (or let it go out of scope), the object isn't released immediately. The reason: your program communicates with the COM object through a Runtime Callable Wrapper (RCW) object, which is responsible ...

COM+ 1.5 (provided with Windows XP) has an interesting feature that is missing in COM+ 1.0: the ability to disable entire COM+ applications or just their individual components. You can disable and re-enable a COM+ application or component by right-clicking on it in the Component Services MMC ...