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List:       vbox-dev
Subject:    Re: [vbox-dev] What is a status of MSCOM Automation support?
From:       Nikolay Igotti <Nikolay.Igotti () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2009-05-08 8:48:54
Message-ID: 4A03F1F6.8000503 () sun ! com
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Grigory Petrov wrote:
> > Current SVN head do have automation support for Windows, so next major 
> > VBox release will have it  (or you can build one yourself). Backport to 
> > 2.2.x or earlier is very unlikely, due to major interfaces change.
> > 
> 
> Thank you for clarification! Is it any timeframe or roadmap available for 2.3 \
> version? 
 As usual, few months in the future - nothing more definite. This one 
gonna be pretty cool release, so stay tuned :).

> Also, i'm just curious - was my guess about partial OLE implementation in 2.2.x \
> correct? Or i'm missing some important technology details and it was some other \
> reason why python and visual basic was not able to use MSCOM under windows? 
 Yes, some interfaces supported IDispatch, but not all, and certain 
method parameters wasn't automation compatible.

  Nikolay.


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