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Ehsan

> > I wouldn't do it quite the same way as Ehsan, unless of course the
> > above is a class dcalred and defined local to main?
> 
> Nope, it's a global defined in a .cpp module.
> 
> If it's local to main( ), then the same problem Jason noticed 
> would happen
> in main( ).  It must be a global, so that in every part of 
> the program, the
> COM library remains initialized.

Not so, unless there where static or global smart pointers to COM objects.

Don't forget that CoInitialize() starts the COM runtime for the thread, not
the current scope (although they often end up being the same thing).
 
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Paul


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