Article ID: 250309
Article Last Modified on 8/28/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Transaction Services 2.0
- Microsoft COM+ 1.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
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SUMMARY
Every Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) object in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, or COM+ object in Microsoft Windows 2000, has an associated context object. The context object provides context for the execution of an instance, including transaction, activity, and security properties. When an MTS or COM+ object is created, MTS or COM+ automatically creates a context object for it. When the MTS object is released, MTS automatically releases the context object.
You can access an MTS or COM+ object's context by calling the GetObjectContext function. The GetObjectContext function returns a reference to the IObjectContext interface. The context object is not available during calls to the component's Class_Initialize and Class_Terminate event. If you call one of its methods, the following error message appears in Windows NT 4.0:
Under Windows 2000, the following error message appears:
NOTE: This problem has been corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.
MORE INFORMATION
Simple Server
- Open a new ActiveX DLL project in Visual Basic.
- From the Project menu, select References and Set "Reference to Microsoft Transaction Server Type Library" when developing on Windows NT 4.0 or "COM+ Services Type library" under Windows 2000.
In class properties set MTSTransactionMode to anything other than NotAnMTSObject and add the following code.
Private mobjContext As ObjectContext Private Sub Class_Initialize() Set mobjContext = GetObjectContext() End Sub Private Sub Class_Terminate() Set mobjContext = Nothing End Sub Public Sub Test() mobjContext.SetComplete End Sub
- Compile the component and recompile with Version Compatibility to Binary Compatible.
- Register the component with MTS or add it to Component Services.
Simple Client
- Open a Standard EXE Visual Basic application to test the component.
- Add a button to Form1.
Add the following code to Command1_Click().
Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim o As Object Set o = CreateObject("project1.class1") o.Test End Sub
Run the client application and click the button. The following error message appears under Windows NT 4.0:
or under Windows 2000:
- You can resolve this issue by changing the Simple Server code to the following:
Implements ObjectControl Private mobjContext As ObjectContext Public Sub Test() mobjContext.SetComplete End Sub Private Sub ObjectControl_Activate() Set mobjContext = GetObjectContext() End Sub Private Function ObjectControl_CanBePooled() As Boolean End Function Private Sub ObjectControl_Deactivate() Set mobjContext = Nothing End Sub
REFERENCES
For additional information, see the following article or articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170156 INFO: VB 6.0 Readme Part 12: Transaction Server (MTS) Issues
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