Re: Using GetActiveObject of OLEAUT32.DLL

Try this:

<snip>
...
    // Operation unavailable.
    public static final int MK_E_UNAVAILABLE   = 0x800401E3;
...

            IUnknown    iunk      = null;

            try
            {
                iunk = OleAut32.GetActiveObject("Word.Application");
            }
            catch (COMException ex)
            {
                if (MK_E_UNAVAILABLE != ex.hresult)
                {
                    throw ex;
                }
            }

            DispatchPtr component = null;

            //--- did we get a running instance?
            if (null != iunk)
            {
                //--- retrieve the dispatch interface
                component = (DispatchPtr) iunk.queryInterface
(DispatchPtr.class);

            }
            else
            {
                //--- create a new instance
                component = new DispatchPtr("Word.Application");
            }
</snip>