COM on mac
COM on mac
- Subject: COM on mac
- From: Gil Dror <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:49:59 -0500
This is the first time I post in this mailing list, although, I have
been reading it for a while now.
I am a Windows developer who loves Mac's and is trying to start
programming for it using cocoa, I'm am trying to understand some
fundamental issues regarding Mac programming but with not much success.
One the more important issues is how to interact with other modules in
OS X. For-instance: in a Windows world, If I wanted to use some
functionality from Microsoft Word, then I would just create an instance
of Word and then use any of the exposed objects in the Word Interface.
The great thing is that I don't need to know where Word is on the
computer, it just has to be Installed and COM makes sure I get the
right one.
I am wondering what technique is equivalent to COM in mac. I have
looked through Apple's guides but it doesn't seem to talk about this
aspect of Mac programming, maybe the solution is very obvious to a mac
user but I can't seem to get the way programs interact with each other
in OS X.
okay, so I guess my questions boil down to this:
1. How do I expose a class for outside programs to access ? and then
how do I access the class from that program ?
2. I know that using DLL's is not a common practice for the Mac but
does that mean you have all the functionality in the Executable itself ?
Thanks,
Gil
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