CoCreateActivity function (comsvcs.h)

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10/13/2021

Creates an activity to do synchronous or asynchronous batch work that can use COM+ services without needing to create a COM+ component.

Syntax

HRESULT CoCreateActivity(
  [in]  IUnknown *pIUnknown,
  [in]  REFIID   riid,
  [out] void     **ppObj
);

Parameters

[in] pIUnknown

A pointer to the IUnknown interface of the object, created from the CServiceConfig class, that contains the configuration information for the services to be used within the activity created by CoCreateActivity.

[in] riid

The ID of the interface to be returned through the ppObj parameter. This parameter should always be IID_IServiceActivity so that a pointer to IServiceActivity is returned.

[out] ppObj

A pointer to the interface of an activity object. The activity object is automatically created by the call to CoCreateActivity.

Return value

This method can return the standard return values E_INVALIDARG, E_OUTOFMEMORY, and E_FAIL, as well as the following values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method completed successfully.
CO_E_SXS_CONFIG	The side-by-side assembly configuration of the CServiceConfig object is invalid.
CO_E_THREADPOOL_CONFIG	The thread pool configuration of the CServiceConfig object is invalid.
CO_E_TRACKER_CONFIG	The tracker configuration of the CServiceConfig object is invalid.
COMADMIN_E_PARTITION_ACCESSDENIED	The caller does not have access permissions for the COM+ partition.

Remarks

CoCreateActivity creates an activity object that is used to submit batch work to the COM+ system. The context associated with the activity is completely determined by the CServiceConfig object that is passed through the pIUnknown parameter.

CoCreateActivity enables applications to use COM+ services in their batch work without needing to create a component to use those services. In addition to reducing overhead by not requiring the creation of a component, using CoCreateActivity provides for a more efficient runtime environment because it allows the environment to support application-wide service configuration without needing to access information that is stored in the COM+ registration database (RegDB).

The batch work that is submitted through CoCreateActivity can be either synchronous or asynchronous and can run in either a single-threaded apartment (STA) or the multithreaded apartment (MTA). The threading model that is used is determined by the IServiceThreadPoolConfig interface of the CServiceConfig object that is passed through the pIUnknown parameter.

CoCreateActivity returns a pointer to the IServiceActivity interface of the object that is created by the call to CoCreateActivity. By using the methods of IServiceActivity, you determine whether the batch work is done synchronously or asynchronously. The batch work itself is implemented through the IServiceCall interface.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	comsvcs.h
Library	ComSvcs.lib
DLL	ComSvcs.dll