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Similarly I reached for VB6 any time I needed to consume a COM component. Stunningly easy compared to the absolute nightmare of consuming COM in C++. There real
by electroly 4y ago
Similarly I reached for VB6 any time I needed to consume a COM component. Stunningly easy compared to the absolute nightmare of consuming COM in C++. There really was no better way to do it than VB6.
- ptx 4y agoPython with pywin32 [1] was also, and still is, a pretty good way to work with COM APIs. There is a book on it [2] from twenty years ago that is still surprisingly applicable. [1] https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/ https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/ [2] https://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Win32-Windows-Programmers/dp/1565926218 https://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Win32-Windows-Prog...