>1. Is DCOM another name for remote automation?
>2. Is it correct that DCOM basically means: I'm going to instantiate a class, but instead of finding the class on this machine, go look for it on another machine, and also execute it on the other machine rather than this one.
>3. If 2 is correct, then I assume it is important to tell WinNT where to find the class and where to execute it. Is this process called registration? If so, where can I find docs on this process, or could you suggest a book? (This would be for VFP 6.0.)
>4. If 2 is correct, what is involved in moving a program that is to be run on one remote server to a different remote server? Let's say yesterday you wanted to execute a certain function on server A but today you want to execute it on server B. Do you need to re-register the main application or the remote class on all the workstations that use the application or is there some easier way to change these registrations?
>5. Is it true that to use DCOM, the server needs to be WinNT (as opposed to Novell)?
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>Is this the correct category for questions on COM/DCOM?
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>Thanks, Chaim

You might want to look at running the DCOM objects under MTS, which relieves you of much of the overhead of pooling, DCOM registration, etc.