Creating a COM+ application on Windows involves
using the Administrative Tools in the Windows Start menu.
About this task
To create the COM+
application on a server that has a Windows operating
system:
Procedure
- From the Windows Start
menu, navigate to .
- From the Component Services tree, navigate to and then right-click COM+ Application.
Select .
- After the Welcome to COM Application Install Wizard screen
appears, click Next.
- Select Create an Empty Application.
- In the Create Empty window, enter the following and then
click Next:
- For Application Name, enter your application name.
- For Activation Type, select Server Application.
This ensures that the components are started as dedicated processes.
- In the Set Application Identity window, select This
User and enter the appropriate Windows user name and password. This user
is the identity under which the application is run. Make sure that
the user belongs to the Administrators group. Click Next and
then click Finish.
The newly
created COM+ application appears under the Component Services tree.
Results
Now you can add components to your w COM+ application.