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aunch COM server from Control Panel Applet (.cpl) (or DLL?)
In the constructor (not FormCreate) of the main form of a D5 appl I launch a local, out-of-process COM sever created in D4. This all works fine but I'm now
trying to convert the D5 application to a control panel applet - which causes
problems. The code base for standard application and applet are exactly the same.
Initially I got 'Coinitialize has not been called' errors when trying to
launch the server which I've addressed by calling Coinitialize. However,
now at the point where I call coMyServer.Create the system just locks up.
If I comment out this code out the applet runs as expected. There are
definately no issues with the COM server.
Since its a control panel applet its effectively now a type of DLL (.cpl).
Could it be that you can't launch a COM server from a DLL / CPL? Is there a
workaround?
trying to convert the D5 application to a control panel applet - which causes
problems. The code base for standard application and applet are exactly the same.
Initially I got 'Coinitialize has not been called' errors when trying to
launch the server which I've addressed by calling Coinitialize. However,
now at the point where I call coMyServer.Create the system just locks up.
If I comment out this code out the applet runs as expected. There are
definately no issues with the COM server.
Since its a control panel applet its effectively now a type of DLL (.cpl).
Could it be that you can't launch a COM server from a DLL / CPL? Is there a
workaround?
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