I'm currently using COM+ in my distributed transactions, and it's time to
port the VB 6 code over to .Net.  Better late than never.
Could someone point out a few articles on COM+ transactional "equivalents"
in .Net, to get a fellow started with?  I'm assuming .Net has its own twist

I am trying to interop with Outlook from a serviced component See
attached code below.
I am running my component inside a hostprocess (dllhost).
I succeds in creating the application object and the MailItem object,

I write an application with VS.NET2003 C#, I use com+ to handle transaction
of database, my database is Oracle8i, when I call db.Open(), I always get an
error message: Can't load oramts.dll, I don't know what this message means.
So, Anybody can help me.

This looked pretty simple to me at first, and perhaps it still is, but I
havnt been able to find out just what the trick is.
Basically the aim is to compile a dll from VB .NET, which can be read using
previously written Java code (or anywhere else) which reads and executes the

I've just recently started playing with Serviced Components in C#.
I've defined a type like:
   [Guid(...)]
   public interface IFoo

Is it possible to register the same ServicedComponent class in multiple COM+
library applications?  What are the ramifications of doing so?

Last week some colleagues of mine returned from a Microsoft training class
on Web Services with the notion that Web Services are replacing COM+.  This
is what the instructor (a Microsoft employee) told them.  This seems naive
to me, since COM+ encompasses much more than what web ...

I have a C# component which has two classes, one is a base class class & the other is the child, I want to add this component to COM+, I know I need to inherit the ServicedComponent class, but where should I do it in the base class or the child class. Also how can I do it in the ...

I have a C# queued component registered on 2000 (had to install .Net
framework there). Now I'm calling CoGetObject() in C++ client getting
valid pointer for queued object and everything looks fine except there
is no messages in the queue after method call (queued component is not

I am having a serviced component which is working fine when i run with a test windows application. The same when i deploy on com+ server and call it through webservices, i am getting the following erro
"QueryInterface for System.IDisposable failed
can anyone help me in this.

I need to change the identity (user name and password) that a COM+
application is running under on a remote machine.  Does anyone have an
example of remotely administering COM+ applications in .NET?
Thanks,

i have deploy a COM+ (developed by .net1.1) component in windows Server 2003
for distributing
transaction, but the when i connect a SQL server 2000 on another Windows
2000 server, i got a exception:

I just created a VB.NET windows service. [Project 1]
I have another CS.NET project [Project 2] within the same solution.
[Project 1] compiles and leaves Project1.exe.. fine.
[Project 2] compiles and leaves Project2.dll

   I need  to make my ServicedComponent Singleton because I noticed that
each method call creates a new instance which is kind of behavior I don't
need and it caused me problems. Making the component statefull may solve the
problem too.

   I have a ServicedComponent containing some public functions.
I notice that these functions doesn't show in Component Services in XP,
however they work fine.
This behavior is different from old COM+.