Component Object Model (COM) was introduced in 1993 by Microsoft Corporation as a universal component system for software development.

COM is a platform-independent, distributed, object-oriented system for creating binary software components that can interact. COM is the foundation technology for Microsoft's OLE (compound documents) and ActiveX® (Internet-enabled components) technologies, as well as others. Refer to the compatibility chart or the Connectivity Center Complete Matrix for support.

What COM Developers Want

Some of the reasons that Director developers choose Valentina DB for COM

• Works with Visual Basic 6
• Feature Parity with C#/.net and C++ versions
• Easy Porting to Other Platforms
• Easy Deployment Options

Valentina DB Client and COM

If you are developing local database applications only, Valentina Application Developer Kit (ADK) provides you with a royalty free database. For developing client-server or server only solutions, get Valentina Developer Network.

Valentina DB Client is the communications interface for working with a Valentina Server and can work without a Valentina ADK license. This allows access to Valentina Office Server or Valentina Embedded Server from almost any development environment.

External References

• Microsoft - Component Object Model on MSDN
  
• Wikipedia - Component Object Model

Requirements

Windows	Mac OS X	Linux
Win 2000 SP4+ Win Server 2003 Win XP SP2+ Win Vista SP1+ Visual Studio 6 Visual Basic 6