COM Components

[David Pendrey]

Hello everyone

I am new to programming in .NET and I want to make the equivalent of an
ActiveX .EXE file in Visual Basic 5 so that I can have some classes
accessible outside of my application. I don't want to make all of the
classes visible, only some. Additional to this I was wondering if it is
possible to do the same with a .NET interface. So when someone referenced my
program in a .NET language my classes would be in MyProgramName.MyClassName
just like System.ClassName

Thank you all for taking the time to read this.

 

[Daniel Carbajal [MVP]]

Well, if you need classes outside you application, you only need to do a
..Net class library (.dll), and if you want this to run in COM+, only doing
small modifications you can have an Enterprise Serviced Component...

Cheers,

Daniel Carbajal
Microsoft MVP

 

[David Pendrey]

Daniel

In VB5 it is possible to make classes accessible outside of your application
if the application is an Active X .EXE file (it does not have to be a .DLL
file). However even if I need to export most of my code to a .DLL file I
still need to know how to make the classes accessible to other applications.
I have tried simply making the class public and compiling it but this does
not seem to work. Does anyone know how to help me?

Thanks