Side-By-Side Execution for COM Interop

Side-By-side execution enables COM applications to safely access multiple versions of managed components through COM interop services. For a summary of side-by-side concepts and configuration models, see the Side-by-Side Execution Overview.

In This Section

• Runtime Initialization from a COM Application
  Describes how COM interop selects a runtime version and resolves managed types.
• Version-Dependent Registry Keys
  Identifies the registry subkeys for multiple assemblies.
• Configuring a COM Application for Side-By-Side Execution
  Describes the configuration files used to specify a version of the runtime and a managed component.
• Applying Version-Dependent Attributes
  Identifies version-dependent attributes and describes their uses.
• COM Components and Side-By-Side Execution
  Discusses the impact of multiple versions of a COM component.

Related Topics

• Using Side-by-Side Execution
  Introduces side-by-side execution and provides procedural information.
• Primary Interop Assemblies
  Describes how to create and use primary interop assemblies.
• Registration-Free COM Interop
  Describes how COM interop can activate components without using the Windows registry.