From: moskewcz AT Princeton DOT EDU (Matthew Moskewicz)
Subject: Re: OLE
15 Jan 1997 20:26:42 -0800
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Ed Peschko wrote:
> 
> hey --
> 
> Is there any way to get OLE support for unix code compiled with cygwin.dll?
> Or are the two types of applications fundamentally incompatible (console vs.
> other)
> 
> Ed
> -
There's nothing stopping you from calling the OLE initialzation
functions, but back with b16 I had tried to get COM (subset of OLE?
OleInitialize() calls COInitialize(), anyway) to work with little luck. 
I suppose the real problems are the lack of RPC / COM / DCOM headers,
and the lack of a MIDL-compatible compiler.
As a warning, this info is more of an educated guess than real
knowledge.
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