RE: replace a COM Object's dll while server is running?

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From: plandry (plandry_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/11/04

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    Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:05:01 -0700

    Thanks Nathan, that's a help. I think I'll do what you suggested, and keep an app running to clear it out periodically -- hopefully that will cut down on the time to develop with less rebooting. Thanks

    Pete

    "Nathan Lewis" wrote:

    > Pete,
    >
    > I have located a Microsoft Knowledge Base article (#301357) that may be
    > helpful:
    >
    > PRB: DLLs Not Unloaded After Calling CoFreeUnusedLibraries
    > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q301/3/57.ASP
    >
    >
    > The CoFreeUnusedLibraries API itself is described here:
    >
    > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/com/htm/cmf_a2c_3p2r.asp
    >
    >
    > Basically, when it is called, this API will free any COM DLLs that are no
    > longer in use - such as your own ASP DLL. So what you could do is create a
    > separate small application that simply calls the API. You can either have
    > it call the API once every ten minutes or so, or you could even have a
    > button to push. Either way, keep in mind that there can be up to a ten
    > minute delay between the time your DLL is unloaded, and the time when you
    > will be able to delete it.
    >
    > Please let me know if you have any further difficulties with this issue, or
    > if this does not fully address your question.
    >
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > Nathan Lewis
    > Support Engineer
    > Developer Support - Windows Mobile & Embedded Systems
    > Microsoft Corporation
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