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<refentry id="HO-S-15">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>Accessing COM Objects via C#</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>tutorial</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>Accessing COM Objects via C#</refname>
<refpurpose>Using the .NET to access native COM objects from Virtuoso/PL</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 id="HO-S-15a_overview">
<title>Overview</title>
<para>The following tutorial demonstrates how Virtuoso can access MS Windows COM
objects via .NET. </para>
<para>The demonstrations in this section highlight transparent integration
(hosting) between Virtuoso, the Microsoft .NET implementations of
the ECMA Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and the Win32 COM Layer. </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="HO-S-15a_prerequisites">
<title>Prerequisites</title>
<para>The following prerequisites ensure the usability of these
tutorial demos on Windows: </para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>.NET Runtime and Frameworks</listitem>
<listitem>.Net Runtime and Framework SDK (if you seek to write your own Objects for integration with Virtuoso)</listitem>
<listitem>Virtuoso Universal Server for Windows with .NET CLR Hosting</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="HO-S-14a">
<title>Tutorial Example</title>
<para>The following tutorial shows how the Virtuoso server can call native Win32 COM objects using
the .NET runtime as intermediary. </para>
<para>Please follow the steps below to maximize the value of this tutorial:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>Register the COM library COM/VirtCOMServer/Debug/VirtCOMServer.dll with COM (via regsvr32.exe COM/VirtCOMServer/Debug/VirtCOMServer.dll).</listitem>
<listitem>Copy the interop assembly COM/VirtCOMServer/VirtCOMServer.dll next to the virtuoso server binary (if not allready there).</listitem>
<listitem>Click on the "Set Initial State" link which registers the C# interop class for the Interface IVirtCOMObject with Virtuoso. Click on the "ho_s_15.sql" link to see the code behind this step </listitem>
<listitem>Click on the "Run" links to actually experience the demo</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>Demo Breakdown</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>"ho_s_15.sql" registers the "VirtCOMServer.CVirtCOMObjectClass" C# interop class with Virtuoso. Click
on the "VirtCOMObject.c" and "VirtCOMObject.h" link to see the C++ source code of this interface and it's class</listitem>
<listitem> "vsp1.vsp" uses the methods "AddAmount", "Clear" and "get_balance" of the "VirtCOMServer.IVirtCOMObject" Interface to
sum a number of amounts and get the resulting total.</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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