I am new to COM and C#. What I am trying to do is rewriting the following source in C#:
typedef interface IARPUninstallStringLauncher IARPUninstallStringLauncher;
typedef struct IARPUninstallStringLauncherVtbl {
BEGIN_INTERFACE
HRESULT(STDMETHODCALLTYPE *QueryInterface)(
__RPC__in IARPUninstallStringLauncher * This,
__RPC__in REFIID riid,
_COM_Outptr_ void **ppvObject);
ULONG(STDMETHODCALLTYPE *AddRef)(
__RPC__in IARPUninstallStringLauncher * This);
ULONG(STDMETHODCALLTYPE *Release)(
__RPC__in IARPUninstallStringLauncher * This);
HRESULT(STDMETHODCALLTYPE *LaunchUninstallStringAndWait)(
__RPC__in IARPUninstallStringLauncher * This,
_In_ HKEY hKey,
_In_ LPCOLESTR Item,
_In_ BOOL bModify,
_In_ HWND hWnd);
HRESULT(STDMETHODCALLTYPE *RemoveBrokenItemFromInstalledProgramsList)(
__RPC__in IARPUninstallStringLauncher * This,
_In_ HKEY hKey,
_In_ LPCOLESTR Item);
END_INTERFACE
} *PIARPUninstallStringLauncherVtbl;
interface IARPUninstallStringLauncher
{
CONST_VTBL struct IARPUninstallStringLauncherVtbl *lpVtbl;
};
From what I understood he reversed functions in this interface and created a structure so that he can reach to address of this virtual function.
Functions in this COM is not viewable in OLEVIEW and also I can't import it in VisualStudio.
My question is that it is possible to write it in C#?
This would be a C# equivalent (you don't need to define IUnknown methods, and this
is implicit):
[Guid("F885120E-3789-4FD9-865E-DC9B4A6412D2"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IARPUninstallStringLauncher
{
[PreserveSig]
int LaunchUninstallStringAndWait(
IntPtr hKey,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string Item,
bool bModify,
IntPtr hWnd);
[PreserveSig]
int RemoveBrokenItemFromInstalledProgramsList(
IntPtr hKey,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string Item);
}
You can declare the coclass like this (yes, with an empty body)
[Guid("FCC74B77-EC3E-4DD8-A80B-008A702075A9"), ComImport]
public class UninstallStringLauncher
{
}
And to create and use the object, you can try a code like this
var launcher = (IARPUninstallStringLauncher)new UninstallStringLauncher();
And make sure the bitness (x86/x64) of your COM object matches the bitness of your C# app.