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Distributed Component Object Model
(DCOM)
In this appendix
WinAC allows you to communicate across networks using Microsoft’s Distributed
Component Object Model (DCOM). You can use DCOM to integrate distributed
applications by way of a network. A distributed application consists of multiple
processes or different computers that cooperate to accomplish a single task jointly.
DCOM is a set of Microsoft concepts and program interfaces in which client
program objects can request services from server program objects on other
computers in a network. The Component Object Model (COM) provides a set of
interfaces that allow clients and servers to communicate within the same computer
(running Windows 95 or Windows NT).
Section
Description
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Using DCOM to Expand the Capabilities of WinAC
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Connecting to a Specific Control Engine over DCOM
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