"Deploying COM+ Desktop Applications with ActiveX Controls" White Paper Available (290738)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft COM+ 1.0
This article was previously published under Q290738

SUMMARY

The "Deploying COM+ Desktop Applications with ActiveX Controls" white paper (COMAx.exe) describes how to deploy a COM+ application, from key setup considerations depending on your application design and deployment scenario to common debugging issues after you have deployed the application. This white paper includes step-by-step instructions and code samples to create and deploy your components. See the "More Information" section for a complete list of the white paper's contents.

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COMAx.exe

Release Date: March 6, 2001

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MORE INFORMATION

The "Deploying COM+ Desktop Applications with ActiveX Controls" white paper contains the following topics:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS
    • Limit the Use of Components Through Roles
    • Manage Common Dependencies

      • Download DCOM on Windows 95 and Windows 98
      • Install MDAC on the Client Computer

    • Security Considerations
    • Deploy the Proxy Microsoft Installer Package
    • Deploy COM+ Proxies with ActiveX Controls

      • Deployment Recommendations

  • DLL SETUP
    • Create Your Classes
    • Create Your DLLs
    • Compile Your DLLs

      • MTS Packaging
      • Application Proxy

    • Check Your DLL Reference

  • DEPLOY YOUR ACTIVEX CONTROL
    • Compile Your ActiveX Control
    • Package and Deployment Wizard (Internet Package)
    • Change References in the MTS or ADO DLL File
    • Package and Deployment Wizard (Standard Setup Package)

  • LICENSE PACKAGE (LPK) TOOL
    • When to Use the LPK Tool
    • How to Use the LPK Tool
    • LPK Tool Testing

  • DEBUGGING
    • Initial Checks

      • The Applications Do Not Instantiate Correctly
      • Download Phase Errors
      • Place Code in the Show and Hide Methods
      • Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control (Snapview.ocx)

    • DLL Check

  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/5/2004
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