Re: COM object created in wrong process?
You are supposed to create an internal object in your DLL and
pass it as a callback to your EXE server. Otherwise the EXE
server simply loads another copy of your DLL.
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"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp> wrote in message
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I'm trying to set up two-way communication between a DLL (a COM addin
running in Word) and an MFC exe of my own. The book I'm studying (ATL
Internals by Taveres, et. al.) said a connection point is inefficient and
overkill for my needs, so I'm trying the suggested simpler approach: DLL
creates a COM object in EXE, then EXE creates a COM object in the DLL.
That way they can each make calls to the other, I hope.
The first half works fine, I can create a COM object in the EXE from the
DLL and make calls to it that work in the EXE process.
But when the EXE creates a COM object defined by the DLL the creation
succeeds (using CComPtr::CoCreateInstance) but the new object is in the
EXE process (!). I can actually step into a call to this new object,
executing in the context of the EXE. Since it's in the wrong process this
new object has no access to the data and methods in the DLL.
What's happening? Should I give up on this approach and use a connection
point in the EXE?
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