I asked this one before without any response, but I'll give it ago.
In Commerce Server they have a  pipeline editor which runs a series of
components, the main drawback is that it doesnt support strong names or any
web-interface programming, so changes need to be made from the admin

I'm trying to write a COM component in C# that is then accessed by
VBScript.  Furthermore, I would like a method of this COM object to
return an array of Int32s.  I've gotten everything working, except
that the items in the array are unusable.  If I call IsArray on the

Hi,
I'm a bit confused over how transactions work with managed code
components and .Net COM+ components. All papers and postings I've
found say that if a .Net Serviced Component calls a non-serviced

Does anyone have the vb code to use this function I have found the API
import for this but not the layout of the structures that need to be passed
to the routine. I'm also looking for vb versions of
- CreateWindowStation

Does anyone know how to programmatically configure the Application Root
Directory for a COM+ 1.5 Server Application in .NET (VB or C#)??
I came across a great blog explaining how to use a config file by specifing
the the application root directory and then just ensuring that a ...

how I can assign a config file to my COM+ assembly. The problem is that COM+
assemblies are DLLs and *.config files are asignable only to EXE files. I'd
like to use the config file for trace listeners and <appSettings>.
Best regards,

Is it possible to get a DataReader object from a DataSet ?  If so would it
be disconnected ? in other words could I return a populated DataReader
object from a class that contains a DataSet ?

Can anyone tell what the different between Diabled and Supported is ?
Both start no transaction but can use the caller's transaction - But I
don't see any differences ...
Thanks and Best Regards,

I have created a simple COM+ application on XP box and compiled the
component with a strong name and with"Register for COM interop" enabled. The
component is then registered on COM+ and I have created an .msi file by
doing an export in COM+ with the following properties:

How do I use a combobox in a propertygrid without using enum ?
Any suggestions?

What is the best way to bubble errors up from a component/class to the
client application ?  I cannot seem to find a 'raise' event as in VB.
I am looking for something like the following:
try

Is it possible for classes to have a config file like app.config ?  I
require something like this to store a value that is used in many of my
classes but that value changes from development to live.  Obviously when
deploying to live i do not want to go through all my classes ...

We are experiencing a problem with component services in .Net and IIS. We
use component services to handle transactions against SQL Server. At some
point of usage, IIS will hang up and the lowest level in the stack trace is
at System.EnterpriseServices.Thunk.Proxy.CoCreateObject and ...

I have a application developed in C# .net. The problem I face is I am unable
to shutdown my machine
when the exe is running. Windows is unable to close this exe an shut down.
Can anyone help.

i have a COM that is called inside an ASP page
i DON'T SEE nothing in the Component Services console
under "View Status": there are not statistic values
my COM just make a connection and then a recordset,