COM server exe import

[Revti]

Hi all.. Im importing COM server exe which on the remote machine in my client program..But I'm not able to import..I'm getting fatal error C1083: Cannot open type library file: '\\remotemachinename\FileServer.exe':
This is the import statement:
#import "\\remotemachinename\FileServer.exe"
using namespace FILESERVERLib;


Thank u...

[anantwakode]

hi,

is it working on same machin ???


-Anant

[Revti]

Yes its working on the same machine..

[Revti]

Actually I do not know what kind of import statement I should specify...

Thank u..

[anantwakode]

Hi,


check the section "Search Order for filename" in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...b6(VS.71).aspx


-Anant

[Revti]

Thank u...I ll go through and let u know...

[Revti]

I have a doudt.. Does importing a tlb file and an exe file differ? Any way the client needs the the location of the COM exe for requesting the interface.. Whats wrong with my import statement ?

[anantwakode]

Hi,


might be there is any issue with the path specified.. !

-Anant

[Revti]

Hi.. Can u please help to resolve my problem....

Thank u..

[Igor Vartanov]

I have a doudt.. Does importing a tlb file and an exe file differ? Any way the client needs the the location of the COM exe for requesting the interface.. Whats wrong with my import statement ?

I'm not quite sure, but think the network path for COM server is not good. I never met some explicit instruction that the thing is forbidden, but my impression always was that any kind of COM server must be located locally, unless it's DCOM server (which is totally different story).

BTW, what is your exact intention for having the server's .exe remote?

[Revti]

Actually thats my project... I have been asked to test my COM on a remote machine and to find the solution if network is down or the process itself crashes things like that... But, my initial step itself doesn't work and could'nt proceed further ...First I must try to connect the COM on the remote machine..Do u have any idea like how to do?
Thank u...

[Revti]

Its something similar to DCOM ....

[Igor Vartanov]

It can't be "something similar", it's either DCOM or not.
In case it's DCOM, an appropriate COM/RPC error must be produced in case of network failure.

FYI: I have placed one of my own out-of-proc COM servers onto network share and compiled my .cpp with #import "" instruction pointed to the server. It has been compiled with no problem.

[Igor Vartanov]

Hi all.. Im importing COM server exe which on the remote machine in my client program..But I'm not able to import..I'm getting fatal error C1083: Cannot open type library file: '\\remotemachinename\FileServer.exe'

Actually, the path '\\remotemachinename\FileServer.exe' is something weird in terms of networking. UNC path (which ) is build of following components:

\\server_name\share_name\rel_path

So your path just points to FileServer.exe share on remotemachinename host (and therefore, contains no relative path to a COM server or type library that could be imported). I doubt this is what you had in mind.

[Revti]

Thank u.. But its not the share on remote machine..Through my code i should be able to call a process running on the remote machine...how can i do that?.. Should I have to build proxy/stub ?
Thank u..