Re: C++ COM STA model

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:40:50 -0400
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"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25E267B5-0538-437B-9788-AFEDB2EC2BDB@microsoft.com

In COM STA model, a hidden Window will be created with synchronized
message pump operation.


Not quite. COM will create a hidden window. Your thread is responsible
for pumping messages to it (except in certain situations where COM
enters a modal message pump, e.g. when you make an out-of-apartment COM
call).

1. Who (which party) is responsible for generating code to create the
hidden Window


COM creates a hidden window in CoInitialize. I'm not sure what you mean
by "generating code".

and generate message pump


The thread calling CoInitialize is responsible for running a message
pump.

2. If it is created by the COM Runtime? When such code is generated?
During call to CoInitializeEx and when specifiying parameter value
for dwCoInit (COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED or COINIT_MULTITHREADED)?


Only for COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED

3. Where is the generated binary code?


Likely in ole32.dll, same place where CoInitialize implementation is.
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