Creating a COM object

[Oldschool]

Alright, so I have an application PPL.exe with the following API

struct PPLAdviceInfo
{
    /**
     *  Gets  advice.
     * \return - advice.
     */
    virtual PPL_Advice GetAdvice() const = 0;
}

I'm trying

$oPPL = ObjCreate("PPL.Application")
if not IsObj($oPPL) then
    Msgbox(0,"Error","$oPPL is not an Object.")
else
    Msgbox(0,"Error","Successfully created Object $oPPL.")
endif

which spits back:

$oPPL is not an Object

I use oleview.exe, and I don't see the app in the list, but I don't see TextCaptureX in the list either...

But when I do:

$oTCX = ObjCreate("TCaptureX.TextCaptureX")
if not IsObj($oTCX) then
    Msgbox(0,"Error","$ $oTCX is not an Object.")
else
    Msgbox(0,"Error","Successfully created Object  $oTCX.")
endif

I get :

Successfully created Object $oTCX

So clearly I'm not declaring the first one right...Or what else could be wrong, and how do I find out the correct syntax for within the ObjCreate brakets???

Run>regserv32 C:\Program Files\Deskperience\Text Capture\TCapture.dll does not work for example.

How do I register the app properly??

Edited November 19, 2007 by Oldschool

[Intosia]

A exe file isnt a COM object...

[weaponx]

Its regsvr32, not regserv32 and if you are using a path with spaces in it you need to encapsulate the entire string in quotes.

[Oldschool]

Can someone give some more examples of successfully creating COM objects, and how to properly determine the within the () declaration.

Edited November 20, 2007 by Oldschool