Click here to Skip to main content

Submit your article

COM+

COM+

Great Reads

Excel Pixelating Image Creator

by simonp_ca

Use Excel worksheet's cells as pixels to render real image (for fun and experiment)

Component for Fast Pass/Retrieve Data from Excel

by Jose Maria Estrade

ExcelCommunicator allows to pass and retrieve data to/from Excel as datasource/calculation-engine

Retrieve Size of a file in a Unix server (via SFTP) from VB 6.0 or .NET

by gmaran23

Query the properties, or download a file present on a Unix server to a Windows server via SFTP connection

Using COM Objects in Scripting Languages -- Part 1 (Tcl/Tk)

by Sharjith

This article shows how to instantiate a COM object in Tcl/Tk and use its methods and properties.

Latest Articles

Compact and Repair Access Database using C# and Late Binding

by Alexander Yumashev

The code compacts and repairs an MS Access database from C# code using a JRO.JetEngine COM-object. Binding occurs at runtime, no references, no interops. Pure System.Reflection.

Using an Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite Database from VBA

by Pragmateek

Using an Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite Database from VBA

Excel Pixelating Image Creator

by simonp_ca

Use Excel worksheet's cells as pixels to render real image (for fun and experiment)

Send Fax with fax-modem in C#

by Md. Faroque Hossain

Sending Faxes with fax-modem and telephone line in C#

All Articles

COM+

Compact and Repair Access Database using C# and Late Binding

20 Apr 2021 by Alexander Yumashev

The code compacts and repairs an MS Access database from C# code using a JRO.JetEngine COM-object. Binding occurs at runtime, no references, no interops. Pure System.Reflection.

Using an Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite Database from VBA

16 Jan 2018 by Pragmateek

Using an Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite Database from VBA

Excel Pixelating Image Creator

30 Aug 2017 by simonp_ca

Use Excel worksheet's cells as pixels to render real image (for fun and experiment)

Office-Automation

Send Fax with fax-modem in C#

11 Dec 2016 by Md. Faroque Hossain

Sending Faxes with fax-modem and telephone line in C#

Measuring COM+ Performance

21 Jun 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Measuring COM+ performance

C# - Optical Marks Recognition (OMR) Engine 1.0

9 Mar 2015 by umar.techBOY

An API that reads OMR sheets from camera taken/ scanner scanned images.

C# - Optical Marks Recognition (OMR) Engine 1.0

23 Dec 2013 by LamYongXian

This is an alternative for "C# - Optical Marks Recognition (OMR) Engine 1.0"

Web-based Data Access Object for Unmanaged Application

25 Apr 2013 by In the Face of God

Unmanaged code application accessing data in a database via Web Services without a database provider.

Retrieve Size of a file in a Unix server (via SFTP) from VB 6.0 or .NET

18 Feb 2013 by gmaran23

Query the properties, or download a file present on a Unix server to a Windows server via SFTP connection

Passing WCF Transactions to COM+

28 Aug 2012 by Alexandros Pappas

This article provides a program to demonstrate how to pass WCF transactions to COM+.

Convert Word-Documents to PDF on an ASP.NET Server

28 Jul 2012 by pottwalblog

Convert Word-Documents to PDF-Files using Word 2007 on a Server

BHO Development using managed code

21 Mar 2012 by enamur

How to create a simple BHO using C#.

Omron PLC Serial Interface

1 Aug 2011 by Mahdi Mansouri

Surpass Omron OCX OPC Component and use a user friendly .NET based class to interface Omron PLC Series

Fatek and Facon PLCs Communication Protocol Serial Interface

24 Jul 2011 by Mahdi Mansouri

Easily Surpass any OPC Component and use a user friendly .NET based class to interface Fatek and Facon PLC Series

HRESULT Error Check Simplifier

12 Jun 2011 by Wanderley Caloni

Exception based error check that automates the FAILED() comparison.

Enhanced Transparent Flash Control in C++

28 Apr 2011 by Fred van Lieshout

OLE container implementation for hosting a Flash Player control using C++, with support for calls and callbacks between C++ and Flash ActionScript.

Interface-based Programming, Runtime Class Discovery, Dynamic Class Loading from DLL

8 Feb 2011 by steveb

Interface-based programming, Runtime class discovery, Dynamic class loading from DLL

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

19 Oct 2010 by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

MSI for a .NET COM Component with NAnt

5 Sep 2010 by stoyac

Creating MSI with NAnt.

Add-in Programming

12 Jul 2010 by hamityildirim

Add-in - add-on programming and an example for Outlook add-in regions, views, rules, and reports.

Creating JavaScript arrays and other objects from C++

26 Jun 2010 by imagiro

How to create JavasSript arrays and other objects from C++ code and pass them to the script.

The 'dynamic' keyword for higher productivity: Windows Firewall API example

23 May 2010 by Sandrino Di Mattia

This dynamic keyword can be put to good use when doing COM. And in turn, you could be more productive when you need to complete tasks regarding the Windows API (that expose COM functionality).

C# COM Late Binding Event

21 Apr 2010 by yincekara

This article is a guide to building a .NET component, using it in a VB6 project at runtime using late binding, attaching its events and get a callback.

Using COM Objects in Scripting Languages -- Part 2 (Python)

20 Apr 2010 by Sharjith

This article shows how to instantiate a COM object in Python and use its methods and properties.

Using COM Objects in Scripting Languages -- Part 1 (Tcl/Tk)

18 Apr 2010 by Sharjith

This article shows how to instantiate a COM object in Tcl/Tk and use its methods and properties.

Visio Add-On Getting Started

29 Mar 2010 by Krasnikov, Eugene

Getting Started in Visio Add-On creation (VSL project)

A Brief Tutorial On How To Develop DirectShow Source Filter For Beginners

22 Feb 2010 by Aric Wang

The article will give you an idea on how to design a source filter.The source filter creates samples and outputs it from its output pin.

My First COM+ Serviced Component

1 Nov 2009 by hussain.attiya

Just sharing my experience from six years ago, in 2003, when I was working as a developer.

Copy Protection for Windows Applications (Part 4)

21 Sep 2009 by Foolomon

Describes the implementation of a key registration, installation, and validation methodology for Windows applications

Copy Protection for Windows Applications (Part 3)

16 Sep 2009 by Foolomon

Describes the implementation of a key registration, installation, and validation methodology for Windows applications

Copy Protection for Windows Applications (Part 2)

10 Sep 2009 by Foolomon

Describes the implementation of a key registration, installation, and validation methodology for Windows applications.

Copy Protection for Windows Applications

7 Sep 2009 by Foolomon

Describes the implementation of a key registration, installation, and validation methodology for Windows applications.

Build a Desktop GIS Application Using MapWinGIS and C# - Part 2

16 Jul 2009 by Wisam E. Mohammed

Time to advance your symbology skills and label your map

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: Advanced Walkthrough

7 Jul 2009 by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to manually create a COM DLL with VS 2005.

Make your Skype Bot in .NET

7 Jul 2009 by Praveen Nair (NinethSense)

This article explains how to make a Skype bot in .NET.

Implementing Message Queue Using Counting Semaphores

26 Jun 2009 by Bunty1983

Implementing message queue in C Sharp

Talk to Sun One LDAP with .NET DirectoryServices

24 Jun 2009 by rogwabbit5

Add, Update, Delete and Search Sun One LDAP with .NET DirectoryServices

How to Integrate an OLE Object with SQL Server

15 Jun 2009 by Md. Marufuzzaman

This article will demonstrate how we can integrate T-SQL with an external application.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Internet Explorer Late Binding Automation

9 Jun 2009 by yincekara

Internet Explorer automation sample code using late binding, without Microsoft.mshtml and shdocvw dependency.

SoftG Application Framework 1.62

13 May 2009 by HotSoftG

Automation framework application development, realize the software functions and software frame separation. Support plug-in support theme

Creating mini media player

21 Apr 2009 by Gindi Bar Yahav

Creating mini media player using Windows Media Player COM

Adding scripting support to your Application using minimalistic aproach

5 Apr 2009 by Ladislav Nevery

One very simple way to add scripting support to your app without need to install or distribute anything

Component for Fast Pass/Retrieve Data from Excel

13 Mar 2009 by Jose Maria Estrade

ExcelCommunicator allows to pass and retrieve data to/from Excel as datasource/calculation-engine

How To Use a .NET Class with Lists in VB6

9 Jan 2009 by chihuase

It's easy to create a wrapper for .NET classes that you can use in VB6, but there are some difficulties with the types, specially Generic lists

Embedding Google Earth in a C# Application

8 Dec 2008 by Joseph Armbruster

How to embed the Google Earth scene in a C# application.

Adding An Image to a Word Document Programmatically (Microsoft Office 2007)

6 Oct 2008 by Abey Thomas

This article is about the details of adding an image to a Word document programmatically.

Adding footnotes to a Word document programatically (MS Office 2007 Word)

2 Oct 2008 by Abey Thomas

This is an article about adding footnotes to a Word document (MS Office 2007) programmatically.

.NET COM+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008 by tomcat1

Call a .NET COM+ Interop component with Classic ASP.

Spell Check in .NET without adding a reference ahead of time - version agnostic!

12 Sep 2008 by puschusb

Run Spell Check in your .NET apps through any version of Word, without having to make a reference at design time.

Installing and Using side-by-side native assemblies from C# and MC++

10 Sep 2008 by akiran

This article details how to create, install and use side-by-side native assemblies from C# and MC++.

A Windows Service Which Kills Unwanted Windows: Part 2

8 Sep 2008 by Victuar

Shows how to kill unwanted windows on the user desktop on Vista, using COM+ to allow a Windows service to interact with user applications.

Recursive Assertions Obscure The Real Problem with a Phantom Assertion

2 Jul 2008 by CurtD

Assertions are a very effective debugging tool for C/C++ code. But, a very subtle problem exists with assertions that can cause you to waste a lot of debugging time chasing the wrong problem.

Application Configuration Settings .NET & VB 6 With XML

17 Jun 2008 by Nelson Kosta Souto

Application configuration settings .NET & VB 6 with XML

Restoring Datbase Using BatchFile(*.Bat)

9 Jun 2008 by Deepak.M

This article describes on building a Database from scratch using Batch File from the existing Database

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Chat Application using Web services in C#

15 May 2008 by Surajit Paul

This is a cool chat application created in DotNet using web services having all the functionalities.

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

8 May 2008 by Davidwu

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

Using the .NET Library and XML in VB6

11 Mar 2008 by Nelson Kosta Souto

How to use the .NET Library and XML in VB6.

ExcelReader

12 Feb 2008 by BharadwajSonti

A tool to read the data from an Excel sheet into a C# string array

A command line tool to deploy COM components in COM+

25 Jan 2008 by Tomer Doron

In a mixed .NET/COM COM+ based environment, one may find a need for a command line tool to deploy COM components in COM+.

IMSL® C# with Excel and VSTO: An Introduction and Walkthrough

7 Jan 2008 by Visual Numerics, Inc.

This document focuses on the combination of VSTO 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition.

product-showcase

Native & Managed Interop Made Simple

14 Nov 2007 by Filipe Pereira

This article presents a simple calculator component example by using COM Interoperability basics.

Mixing .NET Remoting with COM+ to communicate with an Oracle database: Client and server side

5 Nov 2007 by Windmiller

This article will explain a system made for developers to store their software versions in a SQL database, client and server side. Will handle COM+ mixed with Remoting, and a Oracle database.

A C++ Firefox component intercepting/operating HTML DOM

10 Oct 2007 by Jia.Chen

This article uses a simple example to show how to build a Firefox component intercepting/operating DOM

Lotus Notes COM Class Wrapper for .NET

30 Aug 2007 by LeeBear

This is just a VB.NET class wrapper for the Lotus Notes interfaces.

Profiling the Performance of a .NET Application

10 May 2007 by Paul Glavich

ANTS Profiler provides you with a quick and easy way of identifying performance bottlenecks within your .NET applications. Additional support for the latest .NET 3.0 features, the Vista operating system, and Visual Studio integration, cements ANTS Profiler as a leading tool in performance profiling.

product-showcase

Application Integration through Microsoft Technologies

28 Feb 2007 by Naveed Bajwa

Describes Application Integration and discusses Different Microsoft technologies Related to Application integration

How to programmatically open a text file in Excel using VSTO

22 Sep 2006 by Casper Leon Nielsen

We can easily start Excel and open a given workbook - however, it takes some trickery to open a text file without using the commandline.

Using TIP (Transaction Internet Protocol) to Enlist Web Services into COM+ Distributed Transactions

4 Apr 2006 by Dustin Metzgar

Shows how to use TIP to communicate with web services in a COM+ distributed transaction.

Reading and Writing Messages in Outlook Express

27 Mar 2006 by Pablo Yabo

This article was done to provide an example of IStoreNamespace / IStoreFolder.

Test Driven Development - Automate COM+ Administration Task

16 Mar 2006 by Venkata Kancharla

A Test Driven Development approach for automating the COM+ Administration Task.

Using NHibernate in COM+ (.NET Enterprise Services) Distributed Transactions

2 Feb 2006 by Dustin Metzgar

Shows how to use NHibernate in a COM+ distributed transaction.

How to Use the IMessageFilter

11 Jan 2006 by Ohad Redlich

This article explains how to use the IMessageFilter.

Automate the Generation and Distribution of Feature-Rich Excel Reports from a Server with SoftWidgets Spread Server

9 Sep 2005 by SoftWidgets

In just a few minutes, predefined templates, containing formatted sheets and charts, can be generated from any database using simple SQL statements, macros and/or custom C# or VB.NET snap-ins. Generated files can be distributed to a file server or as an email attachment. Usually, no coding is needed

product-showcase

MSN Floating Personal Message

31 Aug 2005 by cagatay.yildir.im

Showing floating text message on the MSN Messenger as a personal message

.NET COM+ Transactions

12 Aug 2005 by hadhmy

Implementation of .NET COM+ Transactions

COM+ Running Process

28 Jul 2005 by M_Rizwan

Monitoring COM+ running applications.

TransactionScope in .NET 1.1

1 Jun 2005 by Alexander Shirshov

Emulate TransactionScope functionality coming in .NET 2.0 with .NET 1.1.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Development of web application using MVC II design pattern or why following MVC II will help me

4 Dec 2004 by Natty Gur

MVC infrastructure that dosen't harm ASP.NET mechanism.

MFC GDI+ ActiveX Arrow Control For Excel

23 Oct 2004 by Hing

An article on how to create an ActiveX control for Excel, and the technique to create an arrow using GDI+, some secondary school mathematics here, and some technique to link cell with Excel.

Distributed COM+ LCE using MSMQ over Corporate Network

3 Apr 2004 by jqd2001

Improve COM+ LCE reliabilty and scalability using MSMQ.

Web-based Active Directory Login

9 Oct 2003 by Faisal Haroon

Web-based Active Directory Login

A simple solution for managing state of stateless transactional COM+ components

5 Dec 2001 by Ivo Ivanov

A reusable object-oriented framework for preserving state of stateless components.

Applying COM+ - Chapter 9: Compensating Resource Managers

19 Mar 2001 by New Riders

COM+ holds the promise of greater efficiency and more diverse capabilities for developers who are creating applications - either enterprise or commercial software - to run on a Windows 2000 system.

COM+ Object Pooling

31 May 2000 by Jeremiah Talkar

An introduction to the COM+ Object Pooling service