Re: COM support in application

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:07:21 -0400
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"Sam Shi" <sam@snsmsgr.com> wrote in message
news:OSfgSnbkGHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl

I know a little about IRunningObjectTable. I thought it can only
register one instance.


No, it can register an arbitrary number of instances - you just give
each one its own moniker. The easiest way is to use an item moniker (see
CreateItemMoniker) with an agreed-upon naming convention.

But if two instances of the application are
running. How can GetActiveObject get the right instance?


It can't. You should use IRunningObjectTable::Register, GetObject,
EnumRunning.

Since my app. is not only a COM server but an application, so each
instance has different data. I need to get the data through jscript
or other way.


I don't think JScript can use IRunningObjectTable. Perhaps you can
provide another component that wraps IRunningObjectTable access into an
automation interface accessible to scripts.
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