Creating an instance of a Mapinfo COM object in .NET – Main Page

For the past week or so I have been investigating different ways of creating a COM OLE instances of Mapinfo in C#.NET.

This post series will done in three parts over the next few days, all out lining step by step the different methods for creating an instance of a Mapinfo COM object in .NET.

• Part One -> Creating an instance using Interop.Mapinfo.dll (tied to Mapinfo version).
• Part Two -> Creating an instance using Activator.CreateInstance and reflection. (Mapinfo version independent)
• Part Three -> Creating an instance using a mix of Activator.CreateInstance and Interop.Mapinfo.dll (Mapinfo version independent)

NOTE:  All my examples apply to C#, I will add some VB examples a bit later.