DCOM Sample

This sample demonstrates how to call a COM object implemented in an NT service from multiple clients running on different machines. It is composed of two parts:

1.DrawServ - This is the NT service that implements the COM object.
2.ATLDraw  - This is the client that connects to the DrawServ COM object.
3.DrawCtl  - This is a control version of ATLDraw. It has a Connect method (that takes a machine name string parameter), and a Disconnect method.

Instructions

Note that for this sample to work all machines must be running NT 4.0 Beta 2 or later.

1. Build the DrawServ and ATLDraw samples.

2. Copy the DRAWSERV.EXE and ATLDRAW.EXE to each machine that you want to run the sample from. Register the server on each machine by running DrawServ with the command-line argument /RegServer or -RegServer (case-insensitive), for example, DrawServ /RegServer. (REGISTER.DLL must be registered for this to work.) The reason you must copy the server to each client is because the CLSID for the server and the server type library need to be registered on the client.

3. Start the service on the server by using the Services icon in Control Panel.

4. Using DCOMCNFG on each client, select the Properties of the DrawServ Class. From the Location tab select "Run application on the following computer", then enter the name of the computer that you are running the server object on. Uncheck the "Run application on this computer" box.

5. Run ATLDRAW and select Server.Connect from the menu on each client. Draw on the client window by holding the left mouse button down and dragging a line. The drawn line should appear on each client that is also connected to the same server. You can also use the View.Color menu option to change the color for each client.