...I'll probably get numerous (well-deserved) death threats for posting this, but,...
Raymond Chen is doing a series about COM Marshaling,...and, I know this is a HOT TOPIC with MASM Programmers,...so, I feel that it is my civic duty to alert you guys,...:icon_eek:
What Is COM Marshaling and How Do I Use It?, Oct 20, 2015 (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/10/20/10648886.aspx)
What Are the Rules for CoMarshalInterThreadInterfaceInStream and CoGetInterfaceAndReleaseStream?, Oct 21, 2015 (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/10/21/10649190.aspx)
What Are the Rules for CoMarshalInterface and CoUnmarshalInterface?, Oct 22, 2015 (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/10/22/10649480.aspx)
CoGetInterfaceAndReleaseStream Does Not Mix With Smart Pointers, Oct 23, 2015 (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/10/23/10649707.aspx)
...This is also useful information:
What's the Difference Between UuidFromString, IIDFromString, CLSIDFromString, GUIDFromString..., Oct 15, 2015 (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/10/15/10647906.aspx)
cool - i'll have a look when i have more time to play :t
:bgrin:...I'm fairly sure that I'm allergic to COM Marshaling,...:bgrin:
Quote from: Zen on October 24, 2015, 06:47:27 AM
:bgrin:...I'm fairly sure that I'm allergic to COM Marshaling,...:bgrin:
I kinda itchy reading it :greensml: . Seriously, I dont really get what the article said. Maybe something like this:
Apartment struct
fa dword 0
fb dword 0
mc dword 0
Apartment ends
.data
MyApart Apartment <offset func1, offset funct2, 0>
.code
func1 proc
ret
func1 endp
func2 proc
ret
func2 endp
Accessor proc lpApart:dword
mov edx,lpApart
call [edx].Apartment.fa ; access the apartment method
mov ecx,[edx].Apartment.mc ; access the apartment member
ret
Accessor endp
Start:
Invoke Accessor, addr MyApart
Quote from: ONAN...Seriously, I don't really get what the article said,...
...Ha,...Ha,...Seriously, ONAN,...I'm fairly sure that NOBODY gets COM Marshaling,...
...It's one of those things that you'd NEVER do in assembly code,...
...The Apartment (in COM) is a threading model,...
Here's a pretty clear description: What Are These "Threading Models" and Why Do I Care?, Larry Osterman's WebLog (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/larryosterman/archive/2004/04/28/122240.aspx)
Here's the official MSDN version: Understanding and Using COM Threading Models, MSDN (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms809971.aspx)