about dll and exe
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When I created a project inATL/COM wizard...... First I have tried for DLL and after using EXE i.e. while creating component.. Now both the programs are running finely... so now whts the difference internaaly in both files???
shailesh
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When I created a project inATL/COM wizard...... First I have tried for DLL and after using EXE i.e. while creating component.. Now both the programs are running finely... so now whts the difference internaaly in both files???
shailesh
They are: (1) in-process server (DLL). (2) out-of-process server (EXE). The difference between them is a rather big topic (though well documented, for instance: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683835%28VS.85%29.aspx[^], http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Microsoft-Programming-Dale-Rogerson/dp/1572313498/ref=pd_sim_b_title_2[^], http://www.amazon.com/Essential-COM-DevelopMentor-Don-Box/dp/0201634465[^]) Roughly speaking you have (on the same local machine) a performance gain whenever you use in-process servers (DLL), while you gain reliability (client crashes doesn't make the server too and viceversa). :)
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