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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Varsha Jayasimha, Redmond, WA (US);
Markus Horstmann, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for installing and registering a COM component objects within a registration datastore of a computing system. The method comprising checking the COM component object to determine whether it contains a set of self-describing data, and if the COM component contains the set of self-describing data, perform a sequence of operations. These operations begin by extracting the self-describing data from the COM component. Next the operations register the COM component using the extracted self-describing data by storing registration data within the registration datastore. Finally the operations end after deriving additional registration data using the extracted self-describing data and storing the additional registration data within the registration datastore. The self-describing COM component comprises a first data field containing data representing a dynamic link library. A second data field derived from the first data field comprising a reserve word module. A third data field derived from the second data field comprising one or more self-describing component data elements. A fourth data field functioning to indicate the end of the self-describing COM component object, wherein the one or more self-describing component data elements are extracted by the system registrar module to generate data stored within the registration datastore.