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Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) for Windows 98 v1.3

Brief Description
DCOM98 1.3 extends the support for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) for Microsoft Windows 98.

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Quick Details
File Name:DCOM98.EXE
Version:1.3
Date Published:9/1/2004
Language:English
Download Size:1.2 MB
Estimated Download Time: 3 min 56K

Overview

Microsoft is pleased to announce the general availablilty of DCOM98 for Microsoft Windows® 98, version 1.3.

DCOM98 1.3 extends the support for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) for Microsoft Windows 98. The DCOM wire protocol transparently provides support for reliable, secure, and efficient communication between COM components such as ActiveX® controls, scripts, and Java applets residing on different machines in a LAN, a WAN, or on the Internet. With DCOM, your application can be distributed across locations that make the most sense to you and to the application.

Note DCOM98 1.3 is intended for Windows 98 only.

DCOM98 1.3 improves upon the DCOM in Windows 98 in the following ways:

  • Provides support for Microsoft Visual Basic® 6.0 user-defined data types.

  • The remote procedure call (RPC) now tries multiple IP addresses.

  • The RPC window no longer makes the desktop unresponsive when new applications are launched.

  • Applications may call OleInitialize and OleUninitialize multiple times.

  • Performance has been improved when committing a root storage with a very large compound file.

  • Multiple instances of Visual Basic 4 executables may be shut down in any order.



For more information about these enhancements, please see the DCOM98 1.3 Release Notes.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 98; Windows 98 Second Edition
Windows 98

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Instructions

Download Instructions
  1. Please read the DCOM98 1.3 Release Notes before installing DCOM98 1.3.
     
  2. For licensing and redistribution guidelines for DCOM98 1.3, please read the End-User License Agreement ("EULA").
     
  3. Download and run the self-extracting executable DCOM98 for Windows 98.
     
  4. If you are an administrator who needs to configure applications to use distributed COM, link to download the self-extracting executable DCOM98 for Windows 98 configuration utility file from the Microsoft Download site.
     

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Additional Information

Licensing and Redistribution
DCOM98 may not be redistributed. For more information, please read DCOM Redistribution. For licensing guidelines for DCOM98 1.3, read our End-User License Agreement ("EULA").

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