Adding another IDispatch derived interface? - COM Discussion Boards

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Hi Guys,
I have been using ADO to execute queries asynchronisly. I am using adUserServer as Cursor location and adAsyncExecute flag to run the query using Recordset-->Open method.But the problem is if i cancel the query in between i get the following error:

Error No : 3712
Description: Opeartion has been cancelled by the user.

I don't understand why.

And if i use Command object's Execute method to run my query, then the query dosen't seems to run asynchrosnly.

Did anybody worked with ADO async queries?
Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.

Cheers,
Mukesh

Hypothetically,

if I wanted to pass pointers to CComPtr classes around, given that the & operator has an override to return the member pointer data, how would I get the address of the actual CComPtr class?

...and if there is an easy way to do this for a CComPtr, is there a general solution for classes that overide the & operator (i.e. some C++ syntax that has eluded me thus far)???

Any help appreciated...

I have a User control in a dll (that I created in C#). I've already created the type library and registered it as a global assembly. My question is, how do I actually use this control in VB6 or VC6? I've tried simply adding the ActiveX control using the project references in VB6, but it won't accept it (because it is not an ocx). Is there a way to actually reference the dll and add the user control on the fly?

"Desire is not an occupation"

I don't believe you can use something created with C# in VC6. The component needs the .NET CLR which VC^ knows nothing about.

You can use VC6 code in .NET by using using the managed/unmanaged facilities

I've recently written a shell extension that extracts the bitmap preview from AutoCAD drawing files and displays them when viewing folders as web pages. Everything works great except for one thing.

The problem is that when the folder is viewed as Thumbnails, the shell shows the same preview image for *all* DWG files in the folder (whichever one was last selected). At first, even refreshing the thumbnails didn't solve the problem so I modified my implementation of IExtractImage::GetLocation to enable shell caching. That only sort of works. The images are still the same but at least you can refresh them to get the correct preview.

Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how I may prevent it from occuring in the first place?

I'm working on an activex control that will sit in a webpage. I'm looking to add icons to me TreeView and am having trouble getting an ImageList set up.

So far I've done this:

CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ImageList,
NULL,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_IImageList,(void** &m_ImageList);
CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ListImages,
NULL,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_IImages,(void**)&m_Images);

Since I see that an ImageList needs the Image collection put into it, but then the Image Collection needs Images put into it and I have no idea how to set that up.

Anyone have any tips or links?

-Jack Mott
jackm@scalablesoftware.com

I cannot add a second interface (derived from IDispatch). I have a feeling I am doing something fundamentally wrong (like maybe it can't be done?).
Here is the code:

// TestDisp.idl : IDL source for TestDisp.dll
//

// This file will be processed by the MIDL tool to
// produce the type library (TestDisp.tlb) and marshalling code.

import "oaidl.idl";
import "ocidl.idl";
[
object,
uuid(050877DD-6973-11D5-BF78-0050DA22A717),
dual,
helpstring("IObj1 Interface"),
pointer_default(unique)
]
interface IObj1 : IDispatch
{
[id(1), helpstring("method FirstMethod")] HRESULT FirstMethod(BSTR Junk);
};
//Added:
[
object,
uuid(050877DD-6973-11D5-BF78-0050DA22A718),
dual,
helpstring("IObj2 Interface"),
pointer_default(unique)
]
//Added:
interface IObj2 : IDispatch
{

[helpstring("method Method2")] HRESULT Method2(BSTR Crud);
};

[
uuid(050877D0-6973-11D5-BF78-0050DA22A717),
version(1.0),
helpstring("TestDisp 1.0 Type Library")
]
library TESTDISPLib
{
importlib("stdole32.tlb");
importlib("stdole2.tlb");

[
uuid(050877DE-6973-11D5-BF78-0050DA22A717),
helpstring("Obj1 Class")
]
coclass Obj1
{
[default] interface IObj1;
interface IObj2; //Added
};
};

// Obj1.h : Declaration of the CObj1

#ifndef __OBJ1_H_
#define __OBJ1_H_

#include "resource.h" // main symbols

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CObj1

//< AND > Characters changed to [ and ], since I can't figure
//out how to get them to display in a web page properly!

class ATL_NO_VTABLE CObj1 :
public CComObjectRootEx[CComSingleThreadModel],
public CComCoClass[CObj1, &CLSID_Obj1],
public IDispatchImpl[IObj1, &IID_IObj1, &LIBID_TESTDISPLib],
public IDispatchImpl[IObj2, &IID_IObj2, &LIBID_TESTDISPLib] //Added (this creates the error)
{
public:
CObj1()
{
}

DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID(IDR_OBJ1)

DECLARE_PROTECT_FINAL_CONSTRUCT()

BEGIN_COM_MAP(CObj1)
COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IObj1)
COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IObj2) //Added
COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IDispatch)
END_COM_MAP()

// IObj1
public:
STDMETHOD(FirstMethod)(BSTR Junk);
};

#endif //__OBJ1_H_

Here is the error I get:

testdisp\obj1.h(28) : error C2594: 'static_cast' : ambiguous conversions from 'class CObj1 *' to 'struct IDispatch *' Confused | :confused:

Hi Dave,

You are deriving a new class from two other classes that both
implement IDispatch, therefore the compiler does not know which
one to use.

You can select which one should be implemented in your new class
in your COM_MAP by using COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY2 instead of COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY:

COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IObj1)
COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY2(IDispatch, IObj2)
//COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IDispatch) // Removed

See the COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY2 docs.

Hope this helps (and it is the correct answer Smile | :)

Alwin Beukers

Hi,

I'm writing a control to return a Picture Object for use with Visual Basic, but I'm having problems figuring out how to return the IPictureDisp in ATL. I have the IPictureDisp object but I don't know how to return the reference.

Can anyone offer suggestions or pointers to some example code on how to return the Picture Object? Any help/comments appreciated.

Thanks!
-RB
Rick@eBoyer.Net

See
http://www.vbpj.com/upload/free/features/vbpj/1999/04apr99/vp0499/vp0499.asp

Bjarke Viksoe
My code at: http://www.viksoe.dk

ActiveX control (COleControl) as property in other ActiveX control? Confused | :confused:

Hi,
I have a problem in defining a structure inside a type library in COM.Compiler is not able to generate UUID for the structure.Could anyone please help me?
Thank You.

Yamuna.E.

Why I need the UDP ?
i want to create something (Like OCX or DLL) to let the server send a message to the client(s) inform them to refresh ,redirect ,there is new email, XXX is logged on.

how i'm thinking to solve this problem?
create client OCX (without using the WinSock.OCX) to wait and manage the server message. and create an DLL on the server that will send the message to the Client OCX. (i think this is a good solution ?! do you think that ????!! )

What i want ?
i do not know how to write a code deal with UDP ?!
if you have another idea ?? i'll be pleased to you if you send it to me

Note : I’m talking about intranet.

Can any one there help me ? or give and any article(s) that could help ?! Confused | :confused:

web programmer.

Distinguish btween COM And DCOM.
Can u explain me how to use DCOM
Wat is the difference btween registering a DLL in IIS Server as Component and make use it in ASP and Registering the same DLL in MTS and make use of it in ASP.

I have created a procedure in my ATL Component which returns IDispatch *

In VB Client Its also allocated to an object but at the end of function i got an error

Help me

Hi,

I am building OCX which uses other OCX files. I pack those in one CAB file, which should be distributed over intranet.

Each time I add a new functionality to my OCX file I change file version from 2.0.0.4 to 2.0.0.5 for example.

I include this version change in my INF file however, once i downloaded my control (2.0.0.4) on remote machine it is being loaded (the one with no 2.0.0.4 - even though i have 2.0.0.5 in a cab) every time i call this control but with HIGHER version number 2.0.0.5.

I tried to change my cab file name, and i place a new cab with newer control in deifferent directory. It does not work. I need to delete once installed control version say 2.0.0.4 from c:\winnt\downloaded program files in order to download and install newer version 2.0.0.5

Where is there a mistake ? I cannot expect client to clear registry in order to install newer version of control.

I would appreaciate any help.

thank you
Bartek

How can I pass an IDispatch pointer into C++? My C++ method is expecting a <vector> of smart pointers (std::vector<xxptr<object>> ) to C++ objects. Since I am using a VB front-end, I pass a set of IDispatch pointers to ATL via the variant type.

Now, I am stuck with a set of IDispatch pointers to the objects and I don't know how to pass them into C++.

Any ideas?

thanks,
-shamus

What do you mean pass them to C++?

What do you plan to acheive with your objects?

You can use IDispatch* ,LPDISPATCH or IDispatchPtr (smart pointer created from import)
to pass IDispatch pointers to your C++ methods.

Kindest regards
Holger Persch

I have created a procedure in my ATL Component which returns IDispatch *

In VB Client Its also allocated to an object but at the end of VB function i got an error in VB

Help me

How can i use existing COM components , for eg if i want a text component then how should
i go about doing it ? are there any components whose interfaces can be used directly ?

parag

How can I load Activex component from .ocx file? I don't want to use
insert new object dialog. Do I have to make some changes to component
itself? Thanks for help allready

Just #import the typelib and go about creating component the usual way with CoCreateInstance()

Hush..Hush.. thought I heard you calling my name now...

I built a COM object and installed it in MTS. I'm referencing to it in an ASP page and in that page I need to loop through its properties without hardcoding them. With ADO object I can do this

DIM prop
FOR EACH prop IN <object name="">.properties
...
NEXT

But when I tried this with the COM object that I've built, the ".properties" is not a option.

So is there a way to loop into the collection of properties with a custom COM object ? Do I have to toggle an option or to add a reference in the object ?
Confused | :confused:

Pat