creating COM objects

[Dan Holmes]

I am creating an aspx application to use our existing COM objects. I
referenced the component correctly and i have it Dimmed correctly. What i
get is "InvalidCastException". Here is the code

Dim cfg as CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig
Dim o as Object
o = CreateObject("CBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig")
cfg = o ' error happens here.

CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig is not the default interface for this component.
It is one of the implement statements. I can't figure out how to get the
..NET eqivalent of QueryInterface to work. in VB6 the assignment would do
it.

Dan Holmes

[Dan Holmes]

I don't know if it matters but the implements statement in the VB6 component
is from a type library i created. I didn't reference the dll but the tlb.

Dan Holmes

"Dan Holmes" <dh*****@ivsi.com> wrote in message
news:O8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I am creating an aspx application to use our existing COM objects. I
referenced the component correctly and i have it Dimmed correctly. What i
get is "InvalidCastException". Here is the code

Dim cfg as CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig
Dim o as Object
o = CreateObject("CBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig")
cfg = o ' error happens here.

CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig is not the default interface for this component.
It is one of the implement statements. I can't figure out how to get the
.NET eqivalent of QueryInterface to work. in VB6 the assignment would do
it.

Dan Holmes

[Tom Spink]

Hi Dan, try this:

Dim cfg As New CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig

and then just use 'cfg' as you would

--
HTH,
-- Tom Spink, Über Geek

Please respond to the newsgroup,
so all can benefit

" System.Reflection Master "

==== Converting to 2002 ====
Remove inline declarations
"Dan Holmes" <dh*****@ivsi.com> wrote in message
news:O8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I am creating an aspx application to use our existing COM objects. I
referenced the component correctly and i have it Dimmed correctly. What i
get is "InvalidCastException". Here is the code

Dim cfg as CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig
Dim o as Object
o = CreateObject("CBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig")
cfg = o ' error happens here.

CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig is not the default interface for this component.
It is one of the implement statements. I can't figure out how to get the
.NET eqivalent of QueryInterface to work. in VB6 the assignment would do
it.

Dan Holmes

[Dan Holmes]

VB won't let me do that. the CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig is underlined green.
Intellisense didn't prompt for that either. It is just an interface though.

Dan Holmes

"Tom Spink" <th**********@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Hi Dan, try this:

Dim cfg As New CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig

and then just use 'cfg' as you would

--
HTH,
-- Tom Spink, Über Geek

Please respond to the newsgroup,
so all can benefit

" System.Reflection Master "

==== Converting to 2002 ====
Remove inline declarations
"Dan Holmes" <dh*****@ivsi.com> wrote in message
news:O8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

I am creating an aspx application to use our existing COM objects. I
referenced the component correctly and i have it Dimmed correctly. What i get is "InvalidCastException". Here is the code

Dim cfg as CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig
Dim o as Object
o = CreateObject("CBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig")
cfg = o ' error happens here.

CIBOMConfig.IB_BOMConfig is not the default interface for this component. It is one of the implement statements. I can't figure out how to get the .NET eqivalent of QueryInterface to work. in VB6 the assignment would do it.

Dan Holmes