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Side-By-Side Execution for COM Interop

.NET Framework 2.0

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 Sections

Side-by-Side Execution: Explains what side-by-side execution is and how you can use it to run multiple copies of an application, a component, or the entire runtime.

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.

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