Expose COM components

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Expose COM components to the .NET Framework (MSDN) and the .NET Framework components to COM (MSDN). (Refer System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace (MSDN))

• Import a type library as an assembly (MSDN)
  • Add references to type libraries (MSDN)
  • Type Library Importer (Tlbimp.exe) (MSDN)
  • Generate interop assemblies from type libraries (MSDN)
    • Imported Library Conversion (MSDN)
    • Imported Module Conversion (MSDN)
    • Imported Type Conversion (MSDN)
    • Imported Member Conversion (MSDN)
    • Imported Parameter Conversion (MSDN)
  • TypeConverter Class (MSDN)

• Create COM types in managed code (MSDN)

• Compile an interop project (MSDN)

• Deploy an interop application (MSDN)

• Qualify the .NET Framework types for interoperation (MSDN)

• Apply Interop attributes (MSDN), such as the

ComVisibleAttribute class (MSDN)

• Package an assembly for COM (MSDN)

• Deploy an application for COM access (MSDN)