

In addition, some folks put together a workaround using a DynamicObject wrapper to access properties/methods on COM objects using the dynamic keyword, so you don’t have to use ugly reflection calls. NET 3.x projects with Visual Studio 2019, you can simply right-click on the project and select “Add COM Reference”. NET Core 2.0, you had to jump through hoops to create an interop assembly for COM components. However, there are a couple of improvements. NET Core 3.0, but the job proved to be too large, so it was deferred. Microsoft had planned to bring full support for the dynamic keyword to. ‘System._ComObject’ does not contain a definition for ‘Visible’ NET Core 2.0, the above code will function in. That is, COM Interop works, but late binding using the C# dynamic keyword still doesn’t function.ĭynamic excel = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Excel.Application", true)) Ĭonsole.WriteLine("Press Enter to close Excel.") Īs with. Some progress was made in 3.0, but the overall COM Interop story is the same as.

WinForms and WPF desktop applications were also brought into the Core fold for the first time, and some of those apps might rely on COM Interop. NET Core, meaning you can no longer fall back to 4.x for COM Interop support. Unlike ASP.NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET Core 3.0 removed the option to run on. NET from Visual FoxPro, wwDotNetBridge is much simpler than standard COM Interop and highly recommended.NET Core 3.x NET from COM components), but it is not discussed here. I believe work was done using COM interop in the other direction (calling. If it wasn’t obvious from the previous articles, this is about calling COM components from. I haven’t had a chance to write it about it since, so this discusses both. I previously wrote about COM Interop with.
