Re: FOLLOWUP: RE: [JAWIN] IStorage

Andre Rubin <[email protected]> Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:17:34 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.jawin
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thanks Sean!

Andre

On 6/2/06, Mcnamara, Sean D <[email protected]> wrote:
> After some more investigation, it would appear that IStorage is an
> interface in ole32.dll. I suspected as much due to its C++-ish name.
> This is not a COM component as you know it from Visual Basic or Office
> libraries. In fact, it's not scriptable at all. Ole32.dll doesn't even
> have a vtable, so you can't use Jawin Type Browser (JTB) to generate any
> Jawin stubs for this. You need to follow the procedures on
> http://jawinproject.sourceforge.net/jawin.html#callingDll to use
> IStorage with Jawin.
>
> Good luck,
> Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of Java/Win32/COM integration with Jawin
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andre R. Santos
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 2:58 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [JAWIN] IStorage
>
> Hi, I'm new to Jawin, and I'm trying connect my application to a
> proprietary
> file that was created using COM architecture in a compliant way using
> IStorage. I'm not familiar with these technologies as well.
>
> This file is in my computer. I've been trying to use Jawin API to open
> the
> IStorage and access its IStreams, but I have no idea where to start.
> Does
> anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andre
>
>
> Ps: For relevant(?) info on IStorages and IStreams:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/stg/stg
> /istorage.asp
>