> Below is what I have tried:

> /*Global Scope*/
> const IID IID_IclsOutlook;

> DEFINE_GUID(IID_IclsOutlook,
>     0x4601081CL, 0x6E79, 0x48D9, 0xAA, 0x0F, 0x68, 0x4B, 0x58, 0xE3, 0x5D,
> 0xA5);

> void CVBCallerDlg::OnButton1()
> {
>     CLSID clsid;
>     void *ppv;

>      HRESULT hr;
>      hr=CoInitialize(NULL);

>      hr= CoCreateInstance(clsid,
>           NULL,
>           CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
>           IID_IclsOutlook,
>           (void **)&ppv);

>  ppv->Initialize();

> }

> When I build the code I get this error:
> error C2227: left of '->Initialize' must point to class/struct/union

> If I remove the line of code I don't receive any error when I build the
> project.

> The Initialize() function exists in my ActiveX.dll, but I don't even get
any
> class members up when I type ppv->, so I know there is something wrong.

> I'm a newbie to VC and COM.

> Hope that someone can help me,

> regards,
> Stian

> Below is what I have tried:

> /*Global Scope*/
> const IID IID_IclsOutlook;

> DEFINE_GUID(IID_IclsOutlook,
>     0x4601081CL, 0x6E79, 0x48D9, 0xAA, 0x0F, 0x68, 0x4B, 0x58, 0xE3, 0x5D,
> 0xA5);

> void CVBCallerDlg::OnButton1()
> {
>     CLSID clsid;
>     void *ppv;

>      HRESULT hr;
>      hr=CoInitialize(NULL);

>      hr= CoCreateInstance(clsid,
>           NULL,
>           CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
>           IID_IclsOutlook,
>           (void **)&ppv);

>  ppv->Initialize();

> }

> When I build the code I get this error:
> error C2227: left of '->Initialize' must point to class/struct/union

> If I remove the line of code I don't receive any error when I build the
> project.

> The Initialize() function exists in my ActiveX.dll, but I don't even get
any
> class members up when I type ppv->, so I know there is something wrong.

> I'm a newbie to VC and COM.

> Hope that someone can help me,

> regards,
> Stian

> > I have tried to call my VB ActiveX dll from VC++

> I felt your pain, as I tried to do this same thing all day today  ;)
> I finally came across the following article in MSDN which cleared it
> all up for me:

> Q194873

> This article shows how to accomplish the task both using AND not
> using MFC.

> Thanks to Emanoil Stanescu for his 3/9/2000 post on deja.com that
> finally guided me to this MSDN article:

> (http://x61.deja.com/getdoc.xp?
> AN=595313340&CONTEXT=963899046.1884225542&hitnum=4)

> HTH,

> Dave

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