From b2bc11803bc70abf5d97a4d43c6a1cd1fef03609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vwheeler Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:18:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correcting minor grammar errors, and correcting the stated size of a 'float', which per http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms221627%28v=vs.85%29.aspx is a 4-byte real value -- not a 2-byte real value. Author:vwheeler Date:2014-04-10T21:18:14.000000Z git-svn-id: https://svn.eiffel.com/eiffel-org/trunk@1294 abb3cda0-5349-4a8f-a601-0c33ac3a8c38 --- .../com/eiffelcom-wizard/com-and-eiffel/access-type.wiki | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/current/platform-specifics/microsoft-windows/com/eiffelcom-wizard/com-and-eiffel/access-type.wiki b/documentation/current/platform-specifics/microsoft-windows/com/eiffelcom-wizard/com-and-eiffel/access-type.wiki index 3a547afc..9862f68f 100644 --- a/documentation/current/platform-specifics/microsoft-windows/com/eiffelcom-wizard/com-and-eiffel/access-type.wiki +++ b/documentation/current/platform-specifics/microsoft-windows/com/eiffelcom-wizard/com-and-eiffel/access-type.wiki @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Regardless of its location, a COM components can be accessed either through OLE ==Automation== -Accessing a COM component through Automation means using a well-known interface to access to a group of methods and properties. This interface is called '''IDispatch''', and it includes the method invoke that allows calling a method, setting or getting a property on the Automation server. +Accessing a COM component through Automation means using a well-known interface called '''IDispatch''' to access to a group of methods and properties. This interface includes the method invoke that allows calling a method, setting or getting a property on the Automation server. One advantage of this approach is that the interface has a known virtual table layout. As a result, Windows can include a built-in marshaler for that interface (See [[Deeper into COM]] for information on marshalers). The supported types (known as Automation types) and their Eiffel equivalents are listed in the following table: @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ float REAL | -2 bytes real +4-byte real value |- |