managed COM+ objects that don't derive from ServicedComponent?

bwill — Wed, 12 May 2004 00:49:00 GMT

I notice Sam Gentile references a tool for registering managed objects in the COM+ catalog even if they don’t derive from Serviced Component. Oddly, I have recently read an internal mail thread on a similar customer issue. The upshot of the mail thread was that if you don’t derive from ServicedComponent, then your COM+ context info won’t get marshaled correctly on remote calls. Bluntly, this means some stuff will work, and some won’t. So please continue to derive your managed COM+ objects from ServicedComponents, and understand the risks if you choose not to.

I would have just posted this as a response to Sam’s entry, but he has comments disabled.

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bwill — Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:12:00 GMT

I published this info when I started my GotDotNet blog; with the move, now is a good time to re-present the info:

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managed COM+ objects that don't derive from ServicedComponent?

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