COM

[Slide123]

Hi,
Right now I have to program stuff in ArcGIS using COM. I have little clue conceptually what COM is, nor how to implement it with C++. Can anyone here give me some help or advice?

Thanks.

[RubikCube]

I am more of a mac programmer but I'll take a shot. COM or Component Object Model is a highly object oriented approach to software development. Here is a basic scenario.

You have some objects on a computer. These objects can share themselves with objects on another computer through COM. This makes it possible to just "use" objects on other computers seamlessly.

Once again, I don't know much about it, but I think this is how it works.