what should be used to create apps for windows? ive read about COM, but i have no idea why they made it.
msdn contain many functions from diffrent dlls to be used, where is COM in it?
what COM has that anything else havent?


for example, how do i create kernel object using com?
how do i wait for event/mutex/... in COM?
how do i make io operations using COM? and so on, how can i use COM to replace all other functions?

a115433,

1. Have you read anything about COM?
2. Did you understand it?

COM is another abstraction layer on top of Win32 API (which in turn is implemented using native NT API).

yes i know it, but what categories it support?
memory managment? object managment? io?

i know only about direct***, multimedia functions that are implemented using COM.
does it exist only to implement multimedia?

a115433,

Interfaces reference in "COM fundamentals" gives good overview of basic services provided by core COM. Structured storage, shell extensions, OLE (+automation, +DB), scripting, WMI, STI/WIA are examples of more complex abstractions implemented using COM.

I'd better quit replying to questions that have answers on the first page of trivial Google search.