How to cast a "System.__ComObject"?

[MeAgin]

Hi all,

When I try to cast an object (ListBox control in an outlook mail form)
retrieved from an outlook add-in it is giving the error,

Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComOb ject' to class type
'System.Windows .Forms.ListBox' . Instances of types that represent COM
components cannot be cast to types that do not represent COM components;
however they can be cast to interfaces as long as the underlying COM
component supports QueryInterface calls for the IID of the interface.
How can I cast my object to an interface so I can use it as a normal windows
ListBox?


Thanks.
Nadee

[Mattias Sjögren]

Re: How to cast a "System.__ ComObject" ?

>How can I cast my object to an interface so I can use it as a normal windows
>ListBox?

You probably can't. It would only work if the Outlook form actually
was built with Windows Forms.


Mattias

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