Is anyone here actually using IN Process COM Server .DLLs?
[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 28 March 2011]After a couple of weeks of trying to make Net Express process COM correctly I am wondering if anyone is actually using this software from Micro Focus.I have 2 clients who are considering MF NE and have asked me to evaluate it. So far it isn't looking good.Imagine the simplest COM application possible. An In Process COM server with say, 1 Method, that takes 1 parameter, NO GUI interface or Presentation Layer, and NO public properties.Under the "COMSERVER" Examples provided with the software is a DLL directory which gives a project file to build a very simple COM server which does a Loan Application. It builds and produces a COM server. The COM server registers with the system. (Interestingly for people who are familiar with COM servers, it doesn't build a Typelib but that isn't essential so we should be all right.)Now go to the OC directory and build the Client app which calls our newly created server. It