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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Easy to use components
From:       weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de
Date:       1999-07-02 22:47:29
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Hi,

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Kurt Granroth wrote:

> weis@stud.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Just a remark: Linking libraries is not always a solution.
> > Libraries can produce name clashes or can apply for limited
> > resources like the alaram timer, use another library in a
> > differnet version etc. etc.
> > 
> > That is the reason why KOM components run in separate processes.
> > 
> > What does MS do? does the IE run in its own process, too, or
> > is it just a DLL with some ActiveX wrapper ?
> 
> Hmm... I'm not entirely sure.  It lists a DLL when you add the ActiveX
> component to your project, so that's possible.  However, if you look
> in the Registry, you'll see that it lists iexplore.exe as the COM
> Server, so I'm not so sure.
> 
> My *guess* is that it runs from a DLL inside of your process.  I ran my
> app with the task manager running and the only processes that reacted
> where my app and the TASKMGR -- I didn't see any other active processes
> at that time.

One feature I am missing in KOM/OpenParts is the ability to use
libraries, too. But then we get again problems with the translation
stuff etc. Reggie will know what trouble we had with the old
library based KOffice ....

Bye
Torben

> -- 
> Kurt Granroth            | granroth@kde.org
> KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth
>          KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux
> 
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