Re: Creating COM DLL in VS 2005
"B" <B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have been tasked to create a DLL library routing to provide data from a
USB
port in a pre-defiend structure. In this library the intent is to create a
thread which will read data from the USB and provide some
Event/Semaphore/Message Queue when the data is availabe.
I have been forced to us C/C++ code and not the .NET Framework.
When I was looking into this I read about Component Object Model (COM). I
have failed to find out how to actually start creating a COM DLL. I have
VS
2005 and I would like to know if anyone had a VERY basic guide on how to
create COM DLL from within Visual Studio 2005.
Also does anyone have an opinion as to whether the COM component is the
best
way to go?
Thanks!
The new project wizard can easily create an unmanaged COM DLL project for
you. In VS2005 select File, New, Project, ATL, ATL Project. Fill in a
project name and click OK.
Why COM? You have not mentioned any good reason to use COM. If the
intended parent exe is also C++ then COM is just going to add complexity and
learning curve. But if the parent exe might be a VB application or script
then using COM might make things easier for the VB programmer. It will
certainly make things harder for the DLL programmer!
--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]
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