Any good tutorials on using COM from C#? [closed]

Question

For one of a side-projects i need to write a C# app that required to use a third-party INPROC COM object. Unfortunately, C# is not my primary programming language, so my knowledge is a bit limited. Is it any good tutorials available on how to access COM object from C#? The usage of this third-party COM object requires me to create implementation of specified COM interface and supply that implementation into COM object in order for it to function.

Answer 1

I have quite a large .NET <-> COM bookmark collection that I'm dumping below.

The problem is that no one tutorial/article covers all the basics and gotacha's. So you need to go through a couple of them and mix and match, depending on what you want to do.

Here's the best of what I've found so far...

General .NET COM Articles/Tutorials

• .NET - COM Interoperability.
• COM Interoperability in .NET Framework: Part I.
• Understanding Classic COM Interoperability With .NET Applications.
• Exposing .NET Components to COM.
• Building COM Objects in C#.
• Calling Managed .NET C# COM Objects from Unmanaged C++ Code.
• Native & Managed Interop Made Simple.
• Using .NET Assembly with COM Client.
• Moserware: Using Obscure Windows COM APIs in .NET
• COM Interoperability in .NET Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
• COM Interop Part 1: C# Client Tutorial Part 2: C# Server Tutorial
• Calling a COM Component From C# (Late Binding)
• Building COM Objects in C#

MSDN on .NET & COM

• COM Interop Tutorials (C#)
• Exposing .NET Framework Components to COM
• Interop Marshaling
• Advanced COM Interoperability
• How to: Register a Component for COM Interop

ActiveX in .NET

• Internet Explorer ActiveX Control C# Class Library
• Create ActiveX in .NET Step by Step.
• Dynamically adding ActiveX controls in managed code.
• Exposing Windows Forms Controls as ActiveX controls.
• Importing and Extending ActiveX Controls in .NET.
• C# Tutorials - ActiveX With C#
• CodeGuru: Extensible OLE Property Pages in .NET
• Writing an ActiveX Control in .NET
• Hosting ActiveX Controls in the .NET Compact Framework 2.0
• Hosting Windows Forms Controls in COM Control Containers - O'Reilly Media