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>>Larry, could you clarify? I successfully use Assign method in COM and DCOM.
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>When I tested this, the assign methods I had did not fire if I assigned the properties directly from an outside source (e.g. from VB). However, if something on the inside of my COM server assigned a value, the Assign method would fire.
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I think that VB is the problem here. There appears to be some Typelib checking before an attempt at a call is made. It definitely works with a VFP client, and according to George, works from a PowerBuilder client.