Bluehill.NativeCom 1.0.3

.NET 8.0

dotnet add package Bluehill.NativeCom --version 1.0.3

NuGet\Install-Package Bluehill.NativeCom -Version 1.0.3

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Bluehill.NativeCom" Version="1.0.3" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Bluehill.NativeCom" Version="1.0.3" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Bluehill.NativeCom" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Bluehill.NativeCom --version 1.0.3

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#r "nuget: Bluehill.NativeCom, 1.0.3"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Bluehill.NativeCom@1.0.3

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Bluehill.NativeCom&version=1.0.3
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Bluehill.NativeCom&version=1.0.3
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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Bluehill.NativeCom

A package to help create native in-process COM servers (DLLs) using native AOT. This can be used to create in-process COM servers, such as shell extensions.

What's included?

Bluehill.NativeCom.ClassFactoryAttribute: Attribute indicating that a class implements IClassFactory.
Bluehill.NativeCom.DllHelper: A class that helps implement DllGetClassObject and IClassFactory.
Bluehill.NativeCom.IClassFactory: The COM IClassFactory interface.
Source generator that automatically generates class factory class, DllGetClassObject and DllCanUnloadNow

How to use

Create a class library project targeting .NET 8 or higher.
Make sure you are using C# 11 or higher. .NET 8 and higher use C# 12 and higher by default.
Add this package and Bluehill.NativeCom.SourceGenerator package to your project.

Enable native AOT publishing and unsafe code by modifying your project file as follows:

<PropertyGroup>
  <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
  <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
</PropertyGroup>

Write the COM interfaces you want and the classes that implement them. Don't forget to use [GeneratedComInterface] and [GeneratedComClass] instead of [ComImport] and [ComVisible(true)].
Automatically generate a factory and DllGetClassObject and DllCanUnloadNow using the ClassFactory attribute as follows:
```
[GeneratedComClass]
[ClassFactory<Implementation>]
public partial class MyClassFactory : IClassFactory;
```
Run dotnet publish. You will find the COM server DLL in the native folder of your publish folder!

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net8.0-windows7.0 is compatible. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

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net8.0-windows7.0
- No dependencies.

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