Threading Model = "Both" query

From:
"Dinesh Venugopalan" <dinesh@epiance.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:36:41 +0530
Message-ID:
<#EvS1YJbIHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
Hi,

I have a global pointer to an object whose threading model is "Both". This
contains a function called test() which would display the current threadid.

The code is soemthing like this.

#include "stdafx.h"
#import "Test.dll"
using namespace TestLib;

TestLib::ITestBothClassPtr spBoth = NULL;

DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc1(LPVOID lpParam);
DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc2(LPVOID lpParam);

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{

    //CoInitializeEx(NULL,COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
    CoInitializeEx(NULL,COINIT_MULTITHREADED);

    DWORD dwThreadId = 0

    HANDLE hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,ThreadProc1,NULL,0,&dwThreadId);

    WaitForSingleObject(hThread,INFINITE);

    hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,ThreadProc2,NULL,0,&dwThreadId);

    WaitForSingleObject(hThread,INFINITE);

    spBoth->Test();

    spBoth = NULL;

    CoUninitialize();

    return 0;

}

DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc1(LPVOID lpParam)
{
    CoInitializeEx(NULL,COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED);
    //CoInitializeEx(NULL,COINIT_MULTITHREADED);

    spBoth.CreateInstance(__uuidof(TestLib::TestBothClass));

    spBoth->Test();

    CoUninitialize();

    spBoth->Test();

    return 1;

}

DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc2(LPVOID lpParam)
{
 spBoth->Test();
    return 1;
}

It does not matter what threading model we follow.
1. Here the second call to spBoth->Test() in ThreadProc1 works though I are
calling it after CoUninitialize(). Also ThreadProc2's spBoth->Test() works
properly. According to me both these calls should have failed. Can anyone
tell me why?
2. If I stop calling CoInitializeEx in the primary thread the second call to
spBoth->Test() in ThreadProc1 as well as spBoth->Test() in ThreadProc2
crashes. Is COM doing something special for primary thread of an
application?
3. In the main thread I commented off CoInitializeEx and CoUninitialize().
In the thread ThreadProc1 I commented off the call to CoUninitialize() and
in ThreadProc2 I added CoInitializeEx and CoUninitialize(). Here
spBoth->Test() crashes in ThreadProc2. My guess was that if its working in
scenario 1 it should have worked here also.

Can anyone please help me out in understanding what exactly is happening
here.

Thanks and Regards
Dinesh

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