com SERVICE IN vb

[mathan_vb]

hi all

i am madhan .i want to write a com service in VB.I am new to VB .My doubts are
1.How to deploy the COM service in the server.
2.what kind of servers i should use for deploying the serivce
3.is it possible to do the COM service in VB effectively

Please anyone help me to proceed furter

[dilettante]

I'd think we'd need more information...

A VB6 program can be made to operate as an NT Service, and it is possible for an NT Service to be a COM server. I don't think it's too practical for a VB NT Service to be a COM server though.

Of course that may not be what you need.

Either an ActiveX DLL or ActiveX EXE project will produce a COM/DCOM server. There are several factors involved in choosing between these though and it depends on what you want to achieve. Deployment is generally via the usual packaging and setup process, with a few wrinkles for client and server deployment.

You'll generally want a NT (4.0, 2000, 2003) Server OS, but it can be made to work fine on NT (4.0, 2000, XP) desktop OS editions as well. I'd avoid Win9x but that can be made to work in many scenarios as well if you really need to.

Have you tried starting by reading through the MSDN (VB) documentation on component development first? Maybe picked up a book on COM/DCOM for VB 5 and 6?

Of course if you want VB.Net info ignore everything I've said, the rules and capabilities are quite different.