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COM without registering
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace ComWithoutRegisteringExample
{
internal static class ComHelper
{
private delegate int DllGetClassObject(ref Guid clsid, ref Guid iid, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] out IClassFactory classFactory);
internal static object CreateInstance(LibraryModule libraryModule, Guid clsid)
{
var classFactory = GetClassFactory(libraryModule, clsid);
var iid = new Guid("00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"); // IUnknown
object obj;
classFactory.CreateInstance(null, ref iid, out obj);
return obj;
}
internal static IClassFactory GetClassFactory(LibraryModule libraryModule, Guid clsid)
{
IntPtr ptr = libraryModule.GetProcAddress("DllGetClassObject");
var callback = (DllGetClassObject) Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(ptr, typeof (DllGetClassObject));
var classFactoryIid = new Guid("00000001-0000-0000-c000-000000000046");
IClassFactory classFactory;
var hresult = callback(ref clsid, ref classFactoryIid, out classFactory);
if (hresult != 0)
{
throw new Win32Exception(hresult, "Cannot create class factory");
}
return classFactory;
}
}
[Guid("00000001-0000-0000-c000-000000000046")]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
[ComImport]
internal interface IClassFactory
{
void CreateInstance([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IUnknown)] object pUnkOuter, ref Guid riid, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IUnknown)] out object ppvObject);
void LockServer(bool fLock);
}
internal class LibraryModule : IDisposable
{
private readonly IntPtr _handle;
private readonly string _filePath;
private static class Win32
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetProcAddress(IntPtr hModule, string lpProcName);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public static extern bool FreeLibrary(IntPtr hModule);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string lpFileName);
}
public static LibraryModule LoadModule(string filePath)
{
var libraryModule = new LibraryModule(Win32.LoadLibrary(filePath), filePath);
if (libraryModule._handle == IntPtr.Zero)
{
int error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
throw new Win32Exception(error, "Cannot load library: " + filePath);
}
return libraryModule;
}
private LibraryModule(IntPtr handle, string filePath)
{
_filePath = filePath;
_handle = handle;
}
~LibraryModule()
{
if (_handle != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Win32.FreeLibrary(_handle);
}
}
public void Dispose()
{
if (_handle != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Win32.FreeLibrary(_handle);
}
GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
}
public IntPtr GetProcAddress(string name)
{
IntPtr ptr = Win32.GetProcAddress(_handle, "DllGetClassObject");
if (ptr == IntPtr.Zero)
{
int error = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
string message = string.Format("Cannot find proc {0} in {1}", name, _filePath);
throw new Win32Exception(error, message);
}
return ptr;
}
public string FilePath
{
get { return _filePath; }
}
}
}
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any examples of using this?

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