Microsoft® .NET Distributed Applications: Integrating XML Web Services and .NET Remoting

COM+ Registration Basics

To create a COM+ component, you must first start a new class library project and add a reference to the System.EnterpriseServices.dll assembly. You can then derive custom classes from the System.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponent class. Example 9-1 shows a basic example.

Example 9-1. A simple .NET serviced component

Imports System.EnterpriseServices

Public Class MyServicedClass
    Inherits ServicedComponent
    
    Public Function GetHello() As String
        Return "Hello"
    End Function

End Class

Behind the scenes, every serviced component is hosted by a COM+ application, which is really nothing more than a collection of serviced components along with COM+ configuration information. Every COM+ application is registered in the COM+ catalog. ...