Re: Passing an image from one process to another one

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:40:49 -0400
Message-ID:
<emb5zFwKKHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
wpr wrote:

Why is the interface not automation-compatible?


By definition. Automation documents all types that can be used in an
automation compatible interface. Conformant arrays are not on that list.

My COM server is a exe, could this be a problem?


No.

I've tried to remove this but then my client cannot find the
Interface. Do you think the oleautomation is the problem here?


Yes. Remove the attribute, then build and register proxy/stub DLL.
You are trying to use TLB-driven marshalling, but size_is attribute
is not representable in TLB.


Ok. Now i got it. Will this method work for exe as well?


Yes.

Can you propose a book / website on COM?


"Essential COM" by Don Box, optionally followed by "Effective COM" by
the same author.
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