Calling .NET from COM Clients

You undoubtedly will want to quickly take advantage of the benefits .NET development provides your application. Chances are, you will be extending an existing application rather than executing a complete rewrite for .NET. For this reason, Microsoft has made sure that .NET components can be written to support forward compatibility from COM.

Suppose you have the requirement to add a new component to your system that relies on a COM client application and other COM servers. You do not intend to replace the client application or rewrite your middle tier. However, you are anxious to create your new components to take advantage of .NET's features and flexibility. The CLR allows you to create a managed component that looks ...

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