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

There is a wonderful article at Microsoft that seems to address this exact question. If you want to stick with straight C++ (i.e. MFC/ATL), you should check out the article as it has loads of sample code:

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