topic Library Changes that Violate COM in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/library-changes-that-violate-com/m-p/362016#M9545 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Original User: 164549</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have submitted this list to ESRI support, but wanted to inform others.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Below is a list of the changes I have been able to detect that violate the COM programming model.&nbsp; Some are minor, others are major violations.&nbsp; My wish is that ESRI would strictly adhere to the COM "contract", but I understand that ESRI feels re-compiling for every ArcGIS version is acceptable (even though that is one of the main tasks COM was intended to avoid).&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>These changes are all detected by comparing the 9.3 libraries to the 9.4B2 libraries of the same name.&nbsp; I have not noted when items have moved between libraries, or when items have been removed completely, though that is also a potential COM violation.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriCarto</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IProtectNameCarto, added one function</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IDynamicCacheLayerManager, added two functions</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriCatalog</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-----------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatGridFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatTifFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatBMPFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatGIFFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatJPGFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatJP2Filter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatPNGFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriDataInterop</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEWorkspaceFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEWorkspaceHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDatasetHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMECursorHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEExtensionHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMENativeType, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEFunctionFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEImportFunction, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMESourceDatasetType, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDestDatasetType, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDataset, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDatasetTypeFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEExportFunction, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMETool, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEToolFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriDataSourcesRaster</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>rstRepresentationType, TYPEID changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDatabase</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriNetworkErrors, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ITinFeatureEdit, function name changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriXYEventError, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDatabaseDistributed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>--------------------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDataServerErrors, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDatabaseExtensions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-------------------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriTerrainBlobDataType, TYPEID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriCadastralDistanceUnits, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeometry</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IProjectedCoordinateSystem5, added one function</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRSpheroidType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRDatumType, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoCSType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRProjCSType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoTransformationType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoTransformation2Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRUnit2Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRDatum3Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoCS3Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRProjCS4Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoTransformation3Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRVerticalCSType, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRVerticalDatumType, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriGeometryError, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IConstructMerge, IID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IRelationResult, added three functions</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriSchematic</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>--pretty much this whole library changed, too many to list</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriSystem</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>----------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriArcGISVersion, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriLicenseExtensionCode, Enum names changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriProductCode, Enum names changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ITextureCompression, added two functions</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:06:34 GMT Anonymous User 2010-03-01T17:06:34Z Library Changes that Violate COM https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/library-changes-that-violate-com/m-p/362016#M9545 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Original User: 164549</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have submitted this list to ESRI support, but wanted to inform others.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Below is a list of the changes I have been able to detect that violate the COM programming model.&nbsp; Some are minor, others are major violations.&nbsp; My wish is that ESRI would strictly adhere to the COM "contract", but I understand that ESRI feels re-compiling for every ArcGIS version is acceptable (even though that is one of the main tasks COM was intended to avoid).&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>These changes are all detected by comparing the 9.3 libraries to the 9.4B2 libraries of the same name.&nbsp; I have not noted when items have moved between libraries, or when items have been removed completely, though that is also a potential COM violation.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriCarto</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IProtectNameCarto, added one function</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IDynamicCacheLayerManager, added two functions</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriCatalog</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-----------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatGridFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatTifFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatBMPFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatGIFFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatJPGFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatJP2Filter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RasterFormatPNGFilter, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriDataInterop</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEWorkspaceFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEWorkspaceHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDatasetHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMECursorHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEExtensionHelper, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMENativeType, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEFunctionFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEImportFunction, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMESourceDatasetType, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDestDatasetType, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDataset, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEDatasetTypeFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEExportFunction, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMETool, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FMEToolFactory, CLSID changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriDataSourcesRaster</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>rstRepresentationType, TYPEID changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDatabase</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>---------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriNetworkErrors, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ITinFeatureEdit, function name changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriXYEventError, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDatabaseDistributed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>--------------------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDataServerErrors, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeoDatabaseExtensions</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-------------------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriTerrainBlobDataType, TYPEID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriCadastralDistanceUnits, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriGeometry</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IProjectedCoordinateSystem5, added one function</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRSpheroidType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRDatumType, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoCSType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRProjCSType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoTransformationType, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoTransformation2Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRUnit2Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRDatum3Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoCS3Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRProjCS4Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRGeoTransformation3Type, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRVerticalCSType, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriSRVerticalDatumType, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriGeometryError, Enum const values changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IConstructMerge, IID changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>IRelationResult, added three functions</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriSchematic</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>-------------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>--pretty much this whole library changed, too many to list</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>esriSystem</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>----------</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriArcGISVersion, Enum const value changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriLicenseExtensionCode, Enum names changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>esriProductCode, Enum names changed</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ITextureCompression, added two functions</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:06:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/library-changes-that-violate-com/m-p/362016#M9545 Anonymous User 2010-03-01T17:06:34Z