COM

#include <iostream>
#include <atlcom.h>

// Reference the COM server - you can put the .exe's path in the string instead
// of the libid.
#import "libid:00020813-0000-0000-C000-000000000046" version("1.6") auto_search no_dual_interfaces raw_dispinterfaces rename("DialogBox", "excelDialogBox") rename("RGB", "excelRGB") rename("DocumentProperties", "excelDocumentProperties") rename("SearchPath", "excelSearchPath") rename("CopyFile", "excelCopyFile") rename("ReplaceText", "excelReplaceText")

// This defines the signature of the event I want to handle
_ATL_FUNC_INFO SheetChangeInfo = { CC_CDECL, VT_EMPTY, 2, { VT_DISPATCH, VT_DISPATCH } };

// This is the connection point sink class. The event interface is 
// Excel::AppEvents
class ExcelAppEventHandler : public IDispEventSimpleImpl<1, ExcelAppEventHandler, &__uuidof(Excel::AppEvents)>
{
public:
   ExcelAppEventHandler(bool& doneFlag) : done_(doneFlag) { done_ = false; }
   BEGIN_SINK_MAP(ExcelAppEventHandler)
      SINK_ENTRY_INFO(1, __uuidof(Excel::AppEvents), 0x0000061c, &ExcelAppEventHandler::SheetChange, &SheetChangeInfo)
   END_SINK_MAP()

   void _stdcall SheetChange(IDispatch * Sh, struct Excel::Range * Target)
   {
      done_ = true;
   }
private:
   bool& done_;
};

// This function uses the connection point sink class
_bstr_t GetActiveWorkbookName(Excel::_ApplicationPtr xl)
{
   if (Excel::_WorkbookPtr wb = xl->ActiveWorkbook)
   {
      try
      {
         return wb->FullName;
      }
      catch(_com_error& e)
      {
         std::cout << "EXCEPTION!!!\n";
         std::cerr << CT2CA(e.ErrorMessage()) << std::endl;

         bool done;
         // Instantiate the connection point sink
         ExcelAppEventHandler app(done);
         // Tell the COM server that you want to catch events
         if (SUCCEEDED(app.DispEventAdvise(xl)))
         {
            // Put in a message loop to allow COM to work - we're waiting
            // until an event's been received (indicated by done)
            MSG msg;
            while (!done && GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0) {
               TranslateMessage(&msg);
               DispatchMessage(&msg);
            }            
            // Tell the COM server we don't want to catch events any more
            app.DispEventUnadvise(xl);
            return GetActiveWorkbookName(xl);
         }
      }
   }
   return _bstr_t();
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
   CoInitializeEx(0, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
   {
      // This is an interface pointer to Excel's Application interface
      Excel::_ApplicationPtr xl;
      // Get a reference to a running Excel - you can use CreateObject
      if (SUCCEEDED(xl.GetActiveObject(__uuidof(Excel::Application))))
      {
         std::cout << "Getting name\n";
         std::cout << GetActiveWorkbookName(xl) << std::endl;
      }
   }
   CoUninitialize();
	return 0;
}

Juergen_80 wrote:

Now I need an connection from my .vcproj project to that COM server. Is there anywhere an step by step tutorial with that I can do such something?