Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++® .NET in 24 Hours

Hour 21

1:	If you use a .NET object within a COM-based application, do you need to release any interface pointers you obtain or does the common language runtime still perform garbage collection?
A1:	Because your COM object is not running within the confines of the common language runtime, you must release your interface pointers.
2:	What happens when a parameter to a method within a .NET object is a custom data type that you created and you wish to build a type library using the assembly that contains this custom data type?
A2:	You will have to implement a custom marshaler.
3:	If TlbImp.exe creates an assembly, then what does the tool TlbExp.exe do and how is it different from the RegAsm.exe tool used during this hour?
A3:	TlbExp.exe creates a type ...