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Thank you for the links! > A common use of COM was scripting with Visual Basic in the 1990s ... This sounds nifty!
by vortex_ape 6y ago
Thank you for the links!
> A common use of COM was scripting with Visual Basic in the 1990s ...
This sounds nifty!
- cheschire 6y agoIt was! Then the malware came. Those links opened a million security holes that were effectively untestable.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y agoNowadays you still interface with COM through PowerShell scripting, and it is pretty nifty.
- magicalhippo 6y agoIt is used for a lot more. Want to integrate Windows Explorer in your application? COM. Custom property pages in Windows Explorer? COM. Custom folder view ala zip folder? COM. Want Windows Explorer to be able to extract metadata from your custom file format, or Windows Search to search it? COM. Want to play or manipulate video using the installed codecs? COM. Want users to be able to drag an attachment from Outlook and drop it into your custom application? COM. Just some examples. COM is a bit clunky, but it's a great enabler on the desktop. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/intro https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/intro https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/property-system-overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/pr... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/directshow/directshow https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/directshow/di... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/dragdrop https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/dragdro...