From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Interfacing ActiveX/COM-objects "natively" in Emacs Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:11:42 +0200 Message-ID: <94886a4fa3b38490544f76b86eabddf9@swipnet.se> References: <7dbe73ed05032703218114182@mail.gmail.com> <01c53303$Blat.v2.4$a73df0a0@zahav.net.il> <9b41d48c93314b0c6799e1e979d06615@swipnet.se> <01c5334d$Blat.v2.4$8fddbfe0@zahav.net.il> <01c533dd$Blat.v2.4$a94e5800@zahav.net.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112073381 28054 80.91.229.2 (29 Mar 2005 05:16:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 05:16:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mathias.dahl@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 07:16:19 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DG95I-0003gU-U2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:16:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DG9LX-0002G6-8f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:32:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DG9L0-00027O-DH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:32:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DG9Ko-000201-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:32:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DG9Kn-0001zO-T3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:32:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.54.107.73] (helo=mxfep02.bredband.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DG91g-0007XI-9n; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:12:28 -0500 Original-Received: from coolsville.localdomain ([83.226.180.210] [83.226.180.210]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20050329051226.BBOG22685.mxfep02.bredband.com@coolsville.localdomain>; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:12:26 +0200 In-Reply-To: <01c533dd$Blat.v2.4$a94e5800@zahav.net.il> Original-To: Eli Zaretskii X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35283 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35283 >>> The COM interface itself is part of the OS. Much like DND. >> >> Yes, like the DLL interface > > Sigh. No, not like the DLL interface. COM is implemented in 2 system > libraries (depending on the Windows version): compobj.dll and > ole32.dll. So it's like any other system call, which Emacs clearly > does use. Isn't that like saying that dynamic loading of libraries is implemented in the system call dlopen, and that is like any other system call? The only thing that is special with COM is the object layout and predefined interfaces, otherwise it is like dynamic loading of libraries. I've done COM-objects but not ActiveX, but I don't think the difference is that great. Jan D.