PRB: "Multi Use" Cannot be Selected Until .exe is Created (162298)

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The Servers tab shows the class library name that is included in the project only after the executable has been built. So an OLE server executable that is designed to allow multiple users to access the same instance must be built at least twice. It must be built the first time so that the class library appears and you can select Multi Use for instancing. It must be built again so that the executable builds in multi use capability. Typically this is not a problem because the executable is built several times before it is made multi-user capable.

The project does not know that the class is marked as olepublic until the executable is built.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a wait window program and add it to a new project.
2. Add a library with a class in it to the project.
3. Modify the class, mark its class as olepublic under the Class Info dialog box, and save the class.
4. On the Project menu, click Project Info.
5. Click the Servers tab. Nothing is displayed, and you cannot select Multi Use in the Instances list.

Build the executable, and check the Servers tab again. The library is displayed and you can select Multi Use in the Instances list.

NOTE: The same executable should not be used as an OLE server and as a standalone executable. If the executable is run as a standalone executable and then accessed as a server, two instances of the executable will run. The executable, running standalone, cannot be accessed as a server.