Are there legal issues with using tlbimp to generate COM wrappers for
third-party redistributable (free or licensed) COM objects as part of a
commercial application? Also, is it legal to strong-name sign them with a
local key pair to enable putting them in the GAC? Some training ...

I have a C# DLL which is set as COM Interop, has a GUID set, has an
interface with a GUID set, the interface is set as the default, and has a
strong name key associated... all the things that mean it will work
correctly with VB6.  (Including registering using "regasm <dllname>

I'm programming Excel from VB.NET, so maybe I don't know how to
express my problem correctly.  Forgive me.
I need to programmatically update links in cells that refer to workbooks
on a network share.  However, the share in the update does not yet

What is the right way to deploy servicedcomponent on remote server?
Here is what i did and it failed to work - I tested the DCOM with VB
component to make sure the communication between two servers worked.
1. created a library project, created a class TestCom inherited from

Hi!, I have a rare problem. I developed a DLL in C# that i'm using in a vb6
proyect.
The problem is that if I instance a class using New works fine. But if I use
createobject, VB tell me "Active can't create object"'. And I need use this

Hi. I have developed a very basic .NET 2.0 CCW for use from Excel. My dev box
has both 2.0 and 1.1 installed. MSDN docs tell me Excel will use the latest
.NET version by default, but using fuslogvw.exe I can confirm that Excel is
in fact attempting to run my component using .NET ...

I have a problem getting following error message when calling a .NET 2.0
component from my VB6 code on a Win 2000 Pro machine (SP4).
"Run-time error '429'
ActiveX component can't create object"

If I create several COM objects in a loop but point to the same variable, do
I need to clean up each object or only one at the end. It works both ways
but I am not sure if the first method actually cleans up all resources.
Here is what I mean (to be more specific, the COMObject is a ...

I am using the visual studio express 2005's setting of "register com
interop". does the proper job of registering my Classslib as useable by
native(unmanaged)  com consumer?
Can any one confirm one way or another?

i am developing a client C# application that utilized a legacy COM object.
For development, I cannot use the object because it has specific hardware
requirements. Therefore i would like to write a stub or  "emulator" for this
COM object, preferably i C# but C++ or VB.NET would ...

I set up my mom's login, installed her programs and games, created folders,
cleaned up and neatened the folder's and icon's appearances, and organized
the desktop. Dad's login is going to be 95% similar. Is there anyway to copy
all those settings to his login without having to ...

I've posted an update to the HtmlEditor - hosts Msthml in C#. I've removed
the dependency on Microsoft.mshtml. See here:
http://www.itwriting.com/htmleditor
It would be nice to be able to use the DOM in System.Windows.Forms with the

I have to handle unmanaged callback functions in my C# code. I am doing it
using delegates. I get the callback from the unmanaged code correctly with
valid data, but as soon as my managed (C#) callback handling method returns,
the app crashes. I suspected that this could be due ...

I am trying to write a small DLL in VB Express 2005 and expose it via COM
but I don't see the "Register for COM Interop" checkbox in the Express
edition. In Visual Studio 2003 it was located in the project properties ->
Configuration Properties -> Build . This article

I am trying to figure out whether a specific callback interface can be
implemented in .net.  I have done implementations for a number of
interfaces, but this one isn't cooperating.  My guess is that the problem is
due to this line from the method's docs: