[ros-dev] COM in reactos

[perencia]

 Hi,

i've been looking at the mmc documentation Ged kindly provided me, and i've some
questions.
As I understand, the mmc is a com object. It has some interfaces - described on
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa815078(v=VS.85).aspx -, which are exported as
usual in a COM environment, via registry. 
My question is about the maturity of the com infrastructure in reactos; are there some com
objects already exported and used ? Where i could look for more info about COM in reactos
?

Thanks !


On lunes 21 de marzo de 2011 at 14:37, Ged Murphy wrote: 
>   Hi Pedro,
>  
>  The Microsoft Management Console sounds like it could be a good start for you to improve
> your skills.
>  
>  This is a project which would be better suited to C++, so you wouldn’t have to stick to
> C.
>  It also uses XML for loading snap-ins and it quite well documented, so you shouldn’t have
> too much trouble looking for information to help you.
>  
>  Although there are aspects of COM within the MMC, you will also require knowledge of the
> win32 API and the windows GUI / windowing.
>  You should also take into consideration that reactos doesn’t have MFC or ATL available,
> so you would need to rely on the base win32 API and your own skills.
>  
>  If you’d like to chat further about this or anything else, please feel free to either use
> this mailing list or come and visit us in IRC.
>  IRC might be better in this situation as it’s much easier to converse.
>  
>  Regards,
>  Ged Murphy.
>  
>  
>  
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of
> perencia
>  Sent: 21 March 2011 12:25
>  To: ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  Subject: [ros-dev] GSOC Self-Presentation
>  
>  Hi!,
>  
>  my name is Pedro, and i'm a 5th grade student of computer science in Universitat
> Autonoma de Barcelona ( Spain ).
>  I'd like to apply in this gsoc, i've always wanted to be part of an open-source
> project, i think it can be a really profitable and exciting experience to share ideas and
> discuss them with other motivated coders.
>  
>  Now as i'm finishing my last year i've found myself  attracted by low-level
> questions. I've been aware of ReactOS for some time now -  couple of years ago I
> downloaded the code and submitted a patch for the build system - actually, very silly
> patch :). 
>  
>  About the projects proposed, some of them seem a bit heavy for me. At first the ACPI Hal
> cought my attention, since i'm doing my final year project en the energy-performance
> tradeoff in multi-cores, but it seems very daunting, i have no experience in kernel
> development nor drivers. Although is in Java where i'm really experienced, I'm
> confident with c and c++, and i'm very interested in COM, I've done some of it in
> DirectX and i really enjoyed that, so i thought the MMC Console seems more affordable.
>  
>  Anyway, i'd like to get some advice, if that's possible, about where i could
> direct myself, which project my profile may fit better or which has greater priority, and
> what can i do to start getting in contact to the project and make a better apply proposal.
>
>  
>  I hope this would be a beginning of a great and profitable experience for me and the
> community :)
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