I have local printer connected to PC_1 (lpt/usb). It’s shared (no pwd, ACL
for printing is set to Everyone). I want to print data from PC_2, via
\\PC_1\<printerName>.
OpenPrinter and StartDocPrinter fail with GetLastError == 997

I can't get the interop for Excel to work: I've installed the PIAs and
reinstalled, removed office 2K and reinstalled, but to no avail.
Every time I add a reference to Excel in my project, the path shows
that the gac version isn't being used.

How do I call a dotnet component from a VB com component.

I was just wondering if someone could chime in on a design issue. If I write
a class and make the class COM visible by using the ClassInterfaceAttribute
and giving it a Guid and checking the Register for COM interop option in the
project property pages, can I also use this class in  ...

When a managed DLL makes a call to an unmanaged DLL what controls the
lifetime of the unmanaged DLL?  I am assuming when I make the first call to
an unmanaged DLL, the unmanaged DLL is loaded into memory and stays in memory
(meaning global variables are maintained).  How does to ...

 I know this subject has been brought up before, but I noticed that
several solutions were suggested, so I ask:
 [1] Is it really true that Utilities.ByteArrayToBinaryString does not
correctly handle the convertion of byte arrays with an odd number of

I have an unmanaged api I need to call.  The definition for it is the
following:
DLL_API int Adapt( Global* g, char** strings, int numStrings);
I need to wrap this api in C++ and then pass a string array from c# to the

I have an interface in Managed C++ where one of the methods is this one:
Object *Foo(Boolean *b)
When I use tlbexp to check the IDL the line above is converted to:
HRESULT Foo([in, out] VARIANT_BOOL *b, [out, retval] VARIANT *ptr)

You must initialize Component Object Model (COM) with CoInitialize or
OleInitialize prior to calling SHGetFileInfo
This statement appears in the Help at location Window Shell and Control.
Does it apply for DotNet VB?

I am trying to use my .Net component from COM application.
I have some static members in my .Net component.
I tried to use reflection to invoke static members.
Any body has example of invoking static members?

on window 2000, I'm automating Excel (server side).
If I set the impersonation in the webConfig file as:
<authentication mode="Windows" />
<identity impersonate="true" userName="myDomain\myUserID"

Hi NG!
I have a class that derives of an interface (IASysCls) which implements
a function with this argument list (the function is then later be called
by a caller):

I have a COM DLL written in VB6 that exposes a public class with a method
that can be summarized as follow
public function MyPublicMethod(...) as Variant
   ...

I have an ActiveX DLL written in VB6. This library has a class with two
public structures like these
Public Type MyInnerPublicType
   ...

Hi, I've got an app that starts a thread to listen on a tcp port, then starts
another thread to accept the socket connection and exchange some data with
the client. This second thread creates a COM object for internal use.
My problem is that if I test with a console app, the ...