Accessing COM interface from C or C++ in Windows environment

Question

I\'m relatively new to the Component Object Model specification - I have a simple question:

• How can I access a COM interface from a C or C++ applicatio

Answer 1

Actually, you will need to instantiate the object using the COM interface.

This is fairly complicated, more than we can just answer here.

here is a good primer: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/comintro.aspx

Another one: http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/com-tech/activex/tutorials/article.php/c5567