Com Programming in Free Pascal

Bugreports about COM

See Open Mantis items with COM tag . (Currently 0014822, 0014204 and 0010569 and some items about interfaces)

Some of these (most notably 14822) also have nice demos attached.

Urls

1. http://delphi.about.com/library/weekly/aa121404b.htm
2. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/atl/udtdemo.aspx
3. http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.1/ExtendingArcObjects/Ch02/TypeLibrariesAndIDL.htm
4. http://delphi.about.com/library/weekly/aa121404a.htm
5. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/atl/udtdemo.aspx
6. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/atl/com_atl.aspx
7. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/atl/RegistryMap.aspx
8. http://www.techvanguards.com/stepbystep/comdelphi/server.asp
9. http://www.techvanguards.com/com/tutorials/tips.asp
10. http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/radstudio2007/RS2007_helpupdates/HUpdate4/EN/html/delphivclwin32/ComObj.html
11. http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/radstudio2007/RS2007_helpupdates/HUpdate4/EN/html/delphivclwin32/ComServ.html

TODO

• reference counting is not working (DllCanUnloadClass returns 1)
• load/register typelib
• register/unregister (incomplete implementation from visual studio RGS sample file)
• integrate WIDL.exe (wine version of MIDL)
• finish TTypedComObject
• create TAutoObject
• implement tlbimp.exe
• port to linux as NPAPI wrapper (just partially kidding ;) as base you can us my updated NPAPI scripting code (https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=8708) [^] - already working with FPC (similar entry point functions as in COM) :)

• integrate MIDL.exe (wine old version of MIDL has an incorrect output format :( )
• try building latest WIDL -> report bugs to wine
• create TAutoObject
• finish tlbimp.exe (bug 0014802)
• TEST, TEST, TEST :) serious