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Bringing DCOM remoting functionality to Windows CE and .NET CF2.0

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17 Apr 2006CPOL14 min read 97.3K   513   40  
This article shows how to use DCOM on Windows CE 5.0. We will add full DCOM rich error information, and implement a DCOM interface between a Windows XP .NET 2.0 client and Windows CE DCOM server. With this code, it is possible to code .NET remoting alike functionality through DCOM interop.
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//
//  Copyright (C) 2006 Werner Willemsens
//
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// Gate.cpp : Implementation of CGate

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Gate.h"
#include <comutil.h>
#include <comdef.h>
#include "StarGatePS.h"
#include "Error.h"

// CGate

CGate::CGate()
{
	m_ChevronCount = 0;
	for (int i=0; i<MAX_CHEVRON_COUNT; i++) m_ChevronEntered[i] = 0;

	::InitializeCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);
}

CGate::~CGate()
{
	::DeleteCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);
}

STDMETHODIMP CGate::InterfaceSupportsErrorInfo(REFIID riid)
{
	// We will only arrive here when ISupportErrorInterface is properly marshalled
	// so Proxy/Stub code needs to be available
	static const IID* arr[] = 
	{
		&IID_IGate
	};

	for (int i=0; i < sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]); i++)
	{
		if (InlineIsEqualGUID(*arr[i],riid))
			return S_OK;
	}
	return S_FALSE;
}

void CGate::ProcessOpened(VARIANT *aValue)
{
	// Call the next function if you don't want the events to be sent via a seperate workerthread
//	DoFire_Opened(aValue);

	// Call the next function if you want the events to be sent via a seperate workerthread
	Fire_Opened(aValue);
}

STDMETHODIMP CGate::DialGate(LONG Chevron)
{
	HRESULT hr = S_OK;

	// Start protecting members
	::EnterCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);

	if (m_ChevronCount < MAX_CHEVRON_COUNT)
		if ((0 <= Chevron) && (Chevron <= MAX_CHEVRON_SYMBOL))
			m_ChevronEntered[m_ChevronCount++] = Chevron;
		else
			hr = ThrowCOMError(CLSID_Gate, IID_IGate, IDS_E_INVALID_CHEVRON_SYMBOL);
	else
		hr = ThrowCOMError(CLSID_Gate, IID_IGate, IDS_E_TOO_MANY_CHEVRONS);
	long ChevronCount = m_ChevronCount;

	// Stop protecting members
	::LeaveCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);

	if ((hr == S_OK) && (ChevronCount > MIN_CHEVRON_COUNT))
	{
		_bstr_t destination(_T("P"));
		for (int i=0; i<ChevronCount; i++)
			destination += _bstr_t(_variant_t(m_ChevronEntered[i]));

		ProcessOpened(&_variant_t(destination));
	}

	return hr;
}

STDMETHODIMP CGate::CloseGate()
{
	// Start protecting members
	::EnterCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);

	m_ChevronCount = 0;

	// Stop protecting members
	::LeaveCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);

	ProcessOpened(&_variant_t(_bstr_t(_T(""))));

	return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP CGate::get_IsOpen(VARIANT_BOOL* pVal)
{
	// Start protecting members
	::EnterCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);

	if (m_ChevronCount >= MAX_CHEVRON_COUNT) *pVal = VARIANT_TRUE;
	else *pVal = VARIANT_FALSE;

	// Stop protecting members
	::LeaveCriticalSection(&m_ChevronProtect);

	return S_OK;
}

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