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adding actions in "additional actions" in MS outlook

nikhil318-Mar-09 18:12

8-Mar-09 18:12

hello all,

i want to customize the context menu which appears when one clicks
on to a mail-id(in front of From: or To Smile | :)

.
there are 2 ways of doing this either via xml or via dll's.
i have chosen to write a dll for it as it offers much more flexibility,but the real problem is using what i should write a dll .NET(vb,c# etc) or using unmanaged code(vc++). & what are the problems that could arise by using unmanaged code.

you can reply me at: n.chudekar.31@gmail.com

thanks n regards,
nikhil.

Problem in using VARIANT

b2cc7-Mar-09 4:14

b2cc

7-Mar-09 4:14

I have a method that accepts a VARIANT by value using [in] attribute in my IDL file.
Do I need to do a VariantClear () within my implementation method. Please
help. Thanks in advance.

B2C

Re: Problem in using VARIANT

Jonathan Davies8-Mar-09 3:41

Jonathan Davies

8-Mar-09 3:41

Perhaps, it really depends on what's in your VARIANT. If it contains, say, an Int or a BSTR there's really no need. Once you have a VARIANT that contains a pointer to something else it can get a bit more complicated.

write a program which is register activex automatically in vista

mazizi6-Mar-09 20:41

mazizi

6-Mar-09 20:41

is it possible to write a program which can register activex in windows vista automatically?(in fact i want find a way to register activex in vista when i wasn't administrator)

Re: write a program which is register activex automatically in vista

Jonathan Davies8-Mar-09 6:02

Jonathan Davies

8-Mar-09 6:02

I've never tried it but read a recomendation[^] to use HKCU\Software\Classes instead of HKCR or 'side-by-side' COM to do away with registration.

Re: write a program which is register activex automatically in vista

mazizi10-Mar-09 20:16

mazizi

10-Mar-09 20:16

thanks alot jonathan

Re: write a program which is register activex automatically in vista

zon_cpp11-Mar-09 21:22

zon_cpp

11-Mar-09 21:22

Hi i read your link, but i don't know how can i do that? (to use HKCU\Software\Classes instead of HKCR)?
would you tell me more about this? thank you

Zo.Naderi-Iran

Re: write a program which is register activex automatically in vista

Jonathan Davies12-Mar-09 0:09

Jonathan Davies

12-Mar-09 0:09

As I said I've never tired it and just read a recomendation. I did a search for 'HKCU Software Classes' etc on Code-Project and there seems more there than I could pass on here.

Re: write a program which is register activex automatically in vista

zon_cpp15-Mar-09 20:53

zon_cpp

15-Mar-09 20:53

oh, thank you

Zo.Naderi-Iran

Read and write to a file in a COM application

Elsie5-Mar-09 23:57

Elsie

5-Mar-09 23:57

I want to write to a bmp file and read from it from a COM dll, kindly give me a quick solution.

Re: Read and write to a file in a COM application

«_Superman_»6-Mar-09 18:58

«_Superman_»

6-Mar-09 18:58

There is nothing COM related here.
You can still use CreateFile, ReadFile, WriteFile for one.
You could also use fopen or fstream etc.

«_Superman_»
I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.

Re: Read and write to a file in a COM application

Cruel Handsome6-Mar-09 22:27

Cruel Handsome

6-Mar-09 22:27

i need its source file

Sujit Sahu (Cruel Handsome)

How to handle an LPDISPATCH return value from an Activex RDP Client Control hosted in MFC dialog

IsleOfTechno5-Mar-09 21:30

IsleOfTechno

5-Mar-09 21:30

Hello, i have got a big problem:

I have put the AvtiveX control "Microsoft RDP Client Control 2" into a MFC dialog. Now i want to do the settings like server, username and password. In VB.NET its easy. But how can I set up the password ? It seems to be a bit difficult to set up the settings behind "AdvancedSettings2" in C++. Confused | :confused:

After the command "get" there is an LPDISPATCH result, but I dont know how to handle with it to set up the password. Please help ...

.NET:

Form_RDP.RDP_Client.Server = "demo.demo.de"
Dim username, passwort As String
username = "demo"
passwort = "demo"
' Herstellen der Remotedsktopverbindung
Form_RDP.RDP_Client.UserName = username
Form_RDP.RDP_Client.DesktopWidth = 1024
Form_RDP.RDP_Client.DesktopHeight = 786
Form_RDP.RDP_Client.AdvancedSettings2.ClearTextPassword = passwort ' !!!!!!

C++:

m_mstscax1.put_Server("demo.demo.de");
m_mstscax1.put_UserName("demo");
m_mstscax1.put_DesktopWidth(1024);
m_mstscax1.put_DesktopHeight(786);
LPDISPATCH result; // ??????????????????
result = m_mstscax1.get_AdvancedSettings2(); // ?????????????????

Re: How to handle an LPDISPATCH return value from an Activex RDP Client Control hosted in MFC dialog

Jonathan Davies6-Mar-09 0:24

Jonathan Davies

6-Mar-09 0:24

The method "get_AdvancedSettings2" implies you get back a IMsRdpClientAdvancedSettings2 interface. Actually you get a pointer to an IDispatch interface (LPDISPATCH) result. In the C++ you can, I think then call QueryInterface on the IDispatch within 'result' to get a IMsRdpClientAdvancedSettings2 interface which presumably will provide the methods you need to call.

Re: How to handle an LPDISPATCH return value from an Activex RDP Client Control hosted in MFC dialog

rootdial7-Apr-09 3:47

rootdial

7-Apr-09 3:47

Hi, could you explain how to handle this IDispatch-thing with QueryInterface?
Would be nice to understand this stuff a little more Smile | :)

Re: How to handle an LPDISPATCH return value from an Activex RDP Client Control hosted in MFC dialog

yushb06021-Jul-09 22:22

yushb0602

1-Jul-09 22:22

m_rdp.put_ColorDepth(8);
m_rdp.put_Server(_T("150.245.178.27"));
m_rdp.put_UserName(_T("yushb0602"));
m_rdp.put_Domain(_T(""));
m_rdp.put_DesktopHeight(1000);
m_rdp.put_DesktopWidth(1000);
IMsRdpClientAdvancedSettings adv(m_rdp.get_AdvancedSettings());
adv.SetClearTextPassword(_T("yushb0602"));
m_rdp.Connect();

dll and Com

rmedo5-Mar-09 2:11

rmedo

5-Mar-09 2:11

Hi all,
I have .net dll generated with vb.net code, can I run this dll as com component??
Thanks for help

Re: dll and Com

«_Superman_»5-Mar-09 18:01

«_Superman_»

5-Mar-09 18:01

You must make in COM visible.
Look at the [ComVisible] attribute.

«_Superman_»
I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.

"Class not registered" error after registering .tlb

Maya_5-Mar-09 1:34

Maya_

5-Mar-09 1:34

I have a TLB that i want to register. I tried with regtlibv12.exe but i dont see the CLSID's in the registry, i could only see IID's. And in the code im getting "Class not registered" error.

what could be the problem?? Any suggestions??

Re: "Class not registered" error after registering .tlb

Roger Stoltz5-Mar-09 23:54

Roger Stoltz

5-Mar-09 23:54

Maya_ wrote:
I have a TLB that i want to register. I tried with regtlibv12.exe but i dont see the CLSID's in the registry, i could only see IID's.

Of course, since you have only registered the typelib and not the server.
What you have registered with the typelib is only related to the interfaces and possibly a declaration of CLSIDs if the typelib contains a "coclass" section.

This means that you have only provided information in the registry for using typelib marshalling when a server is created that implements one of the interfaces that are described in this typelib.

To register a server that resides in a DLL you usually use RegSvr32.exe and provide the path to your DLL as an argument to RegSvr32.
If your server is an exe-server you usually run it once and it will register itself, or with a command line argument such as "regserver".
This will add the CLSID key in the registry among other things and afterwards, provided that the registration was successful, clients will be able to create instances of the server.

"It's supposed to be hard, otherwise anybody could do it!" - selfquote
"High speed never compensates for wrong direction!" - unknown

Re: "Class not registered" error after registering .tlb

Maya_9-Mar-09 1:07

Maya_

9-Mar-09 1:07

Thanks for your reply.

mechnism to generate a COM DLL proxy through TCP automatically

sdk_tiger4-Mar-09 23:56

sdk_tiger

4-Mar-09 23:56

Hi folks,

we got some application that offers a COM DLL (in process) interface - lets call it daemon-app.

Also we have a client that uses this offered COM object (client-app) - the client runs on many machines on our LAN - so there also on every machine need to install and administrate the daemon-app (to provide the COM DLL interface).

For performance reason - and also to save energy (switching off the client pcs) - I would like to proxy this COM DLL interface (provided by daemon-app) by TCP.

this is how its currently set up:

Client -> COM DLL -> Daemon

This is how I would like it to be:

Client -> COM DLL Proxy Client -> TCP -> COM DLL Proxy Daemon -> Daemon
While the Daemon runs only on one big Server.

There is no way for me to change the Client or Daemon code - these are compiled programs, that I have no access to. I got the SDK for the COM DLL - and its for sure it can handle multiple instances without any problem.

No I could go - use a IDL file and compile a empty COM DLL and forward by hand all the Methods and Events through TCP. Then I would unregister the COM Dll and register mine - start the COM Dll deamon on the Daemon-Machine and done...
Except this would take a year or so - the Com is quite complex with many interfaces...

So my question is:

Is there any mechnism to generate a COM DLL proxy through TCP automatically?

Thanks to all of You for reading!

Re: mechnism to generate a COM DLL proxy through TCP automatically

Jonathan Davies6-Mar-09 7:42

Jonathan Davies

6-Mar-09 7:42

The first thing that comes to mind is DCOM. As well, I definitly remember an article that resulted in me being able to make a COM call to a dll running in a microsoft .exe wrapper, dllhost.exe on a networked PC.

Re: mechnism to generate a COM DLL proxy through TCP automatically

sdk_tiger11-Mar-09 0:32

sdk_tiger

11-Mar-09 0:32

Hello Jonathan,

this article would be very helpful - in case You can find it, please forward it to me.

Thanks a lot

COM Vs ACTIVE X

manish.singhal4-Mar-09 23:32

manish.singhal

4-Mar-09 23:32

hi,

I have a query like wats the diff between COM components , active x , OLE , OCX etc

I dont know how many hits i made in google but not got satisfactory answer and always i end up with more confusion as every 1 states different words.

So, can any one please clear me and please be specific.

thanks

Thanks & Regards
Manish Singhal
Software Engineer
Maxworth systems(Delhi)

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