New to Com - is Com the way to go?
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I am very new to COM, and don't have a full understanding of what it does. I'd like the opinions of some seasoned COM programmers before I continue down the COM path. I have a program with a server and several clients, which all run on the same CPU. The server sends and recieves very simple (four byte) messages from the clients. I want a client to be an executable that someone starts, and, if the server is not running, starts the server. Outside of that, the messages should be treated as mailbox messages. I also want to allow other people to develop thier own clients. The question I have is, should I be using COM, windows-messaging, or a combination of the two? Thanks John