In Brief
This chapter examined the key programming tasks that as a .NET developer you will face regarding interoperating with existing technologies, particularly Microsoft COM/COM+ components. Here's an overview of this chapter's topics:
Interoperability with Microsoft's existing and legacy technologies, including COM/COM+ components and ActiveX controls, has been given a significant amount of importance in the design and implementation of the .NET platform.
The .NET Framework provides bidirectional integration of COM;.NET COM objects can be used within .NET components, and .NET assemblies can be exposed as COM type libraries.
In most scenarios, tools automate the process of creating the required interoperability wrapper code. However, techniques ...
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