COM and DCOM Reference

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4/8/2010

The Component Object Model (COM) is a platform-independent, object-oriented system for creating binary software components that can interact with other COM-based components. This language reference section contains descriptions of COM and DCOM programming elements.

In This Section

• Automation Reference
  Provides reference information for Automation programming elements.

• COM Reference
  Provides reference information for COM programming elements.

• OLE Reference
  Provides reference information for OLE programming elements.

• Storage Reference
  Provides reference information for Storage programming elements.

Related Sections

• Component Services (COM and DCOM)
  Provides links to additional information about COM