STA, debugging and testing
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So I have a COM object (written by me in C#) which I am consuming in a MFC unmanaged C++ app.
I was passing a ptr to the COM object between threads, which I learned the hard way is not allowed due to the way STA works w/ the Message pump. Thats fixed. It leaves me wondering what other parts of the COM contract I'm disobeying due to ignorance.
I read that I need a message pump in my COM object. I find this kind of hard to believe, and nothing seems broken. How does one go about testing a COM object? Even though I was passing the ptr between threads the app didn't crash every time, so whats the right way to test this suff?
Does a COM object in C# need to be in a strong-named assembly?
Also, what's the right way to destroy a created COM object? Just delete the pointer to it?
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@Eric Shinn said:
Also, what's the right way to destroy a created COM object? Just delete
the pointer to it?COM objects are freed by <font face="Courier New">IUnknown::Release()</font>.