Re: Console application to become COM server?

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From: Igor Tandetnik (itandetnik_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/22/04

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    "apocalypznow" <apocalypznow@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:%23pTH3LM0EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
    > No kidding. Short of having to hand code repetitive boiler plate
    > code, what would you recommend a quick way to go about it? Should I
    > take the wizard's generated ATL server code and merge it into the
    > console app? If so, what things ought I to be careful of? Is there
    > another viable method?

    I'd use the Wizard to generate a skeleton in a separate project, then
    port my exising code. It is unlikely that you can just tack a few
    modifications and turn your console app into a COM server. The two
    usually have different lifecycles: the console application starts, does
    its job, and terminates; the server starts, waits for the client to call
    it, does what the client asks, waits again, works again, ... In other
    words, console apps tend to be procedural, servers are event-driven.
    This often affects major design decisions. 

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With best wishes,
    Igor Tandetnik
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not 
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to 
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly 
overhead. -- RFC 1925
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