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  1. Dec 28th, 2005, 04:09 PM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] COM with VB6 (Major Considerations)

    Access Services of a COM Component Residing on a Server from a Workstation

    We are familiar with building Class modules and dlls in VB6. Can some one help us to clear there doubts

    1, What are the major considerations while converting a ActiveX Dll to a COM Component
    2, What is the right method of adding a COM component to Component services
    3, How can a VB6 application running on a Windows 98 system access services of a COM Component Residing on a Windows 2000 server in the same network. Is MTS inevitable for this

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  2. Dec 29th, 2005, 11:05 AM #2
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    Re: COM with VB6 (Major Considerations)

    1: A Class in an ActiveX DLL is a COM component.

    2,3: You can use DCOMCNFG.EXE on Windows 2000 sp4 to set up a DCOM server. MSDN has some downloads to enable DCOM on Win98 machines but I have never tried that.
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    Re: COM with VB6 (Major Considerations)

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Sell
    MSDN has some downloads to enable DCOM on Win98 machines but I have never tried that.
    I have, quite a while ago, and if memory serves me correctly, I had a mixed bag of results.

    If you are going to be using a Win98 platform, I would expect some inconsistencies in the behavior of your component.
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    Re: COM with VB6 (Major Considerations)

    I agree; Win98 should not be used anymore for anything serious. I loved it back in the day, but it's time has LONG passed. Upgrade the Win98 box to at least W2K sp4 if you need to use DCOM.
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