[ros-dev] COM in reactos

[perencia]

 Hi,

i've been looking at the mmc documentation Ged kindly provided me, and i've some questions.
As I understand, the mmc is a com object. It has some interfaces - described on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa815078(v=VS.85).aspx -, which are exported as usual in a COM environment, via registry. 
My question is about the maturity of the com infrastructure in reactos; are there some com objects already exported and used ? Where i could look for more info about COM in reactos ?

Thanks !


On lunes 21 de marzo de 2011 at 14:37, Ged Murphy wrote: 
> Hi Pedro,
> 
> The Microsoft Management Console sounds like it could be a good start for you to improve your skills.
> 
> This is a project which would be better suited to C++, so you wouldn’t have to stick to C.
> It also uses XML for loading snap-ins and it quite well documented, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble looking for information to help you.
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> Although there are aspects of COM within the MMC, you will also require knowledge of the win32 API and the windows GUI / windowing.
> You should also take into consideration that reactos doesn’t have MFC or ATL available, so you would need to rely on the base win32 API and your own skills.
> 
> If you’d like to chat further about this or anything else, please feel free to either use this mailing list or come and visit us in IRC.
> IRC might be better in this situation as it’s much easier to converse.
> 
> Regards,
> Ged Murphy.
> 
> 
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> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org] On Behalf Of perencia
> Sent: 21 March 2011 12:25
> To: ros-dev at reactos.org
> Subject: [ros-dev] GSOC Self-Presentation
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> Hi!,
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> my name is Pedro, and i'm a 5th grade student of computer science in Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona ( Spain ).
> I'd like to apply in this gsoc, i've always wanted to be part of an open-source project, i think it can be a really profitable and exciting experience to share ideas and discuss them with other motivated coders.
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> Now as i'm finishing my last year i've found myself  attracted by low-level questions. I've been aware of ReactOS for some time now -  couple of years ago I downloaded the code and submitted a patch for the build system - actually, very silly patch :). 
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> About the projects proposed, some of them seem a bit heavy for me. At first the ACPI Hal cought my attention, since i'm doing my final year project en the energy-performance tradeoff in multi-cores, but it seems very daunting, i have no experience in kernel development nor drivers. Although is in Java where i'm really experienced, I'm confident with c and c++, and i'm very interested in COM, I've done some of it in DirectX and i really enjoyed that, so i thought the MMC Console seems more affordable.
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> Anyway, i'd like to get some advice, if that's possible, about where i could direct myself, which project my profile may fit better or which has greater priority, and what can i do to start getting in contact to the project and make a better apply proposal. 
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> I hope this would be a beginning of a great and profitable experience for me and the community :)
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