More COM Problems

[Valius]

I've got some COM objects in a .h file:

Base.h file

IEICUserPtr User;

I then include the .h file in my main program and from my main program delcare them like this:

Program.cpp

void init()
{
extern IEICUserPtr User;
User.CreateInstance(__uuidof(EICUser));
}

This goes fine an dandy...but then in another function, I try and get that variable back by doing this:

Program.cpp

void GetInfo()
{
extern IEICUserPtr User;
User->PutId("NWW"
}

Which then throws an exception. If I do this right after I create my COM object int he same function there is no problem...so my guess is that it's not keeping the variable intact like I think it should. I have other variables that I do the same thing with, but that info stays intact. Any ideas as to why this COM Ptr isn't keeping the info and what I need to do to make it stay intact? Thanks in advance!

Niky Williams
NTS Marketing

 

[Valius]

Okay, you can officially label me as an IDIOT. I was trying to declare an extern variable where it wasn't needed....it's days like these that I wonder why I'm a programmer.

Niky Williams
NTS Marketing