Q239096: PRB: Problems with CoInitializeEx and CDO

Article: Q239096
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCDO kbDSupport exc55
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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Collaboration Data Objects (CDOs) are not multi-threaded apartment safe. The COM
library has to be initialized as a multi-threaded apartment to make CDO a
multi-threaded apartment. From CDO, the MAPIInitialize function is called, which
in turn calls the CoInitialize(NULL) function. This causes a conflict and the
code fails.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following sample code fails with error code 0x80040154
(REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG):

  #define _WIN32_DCOM

  #import <cdo.dll> no_namespace

  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <assert.h>
  #include <tchar.h>
  #include <objbase.h>

  #pragma message ("TO DO: change RECIPIENT_NAME to your emailid")
  #define RECIPIENT_NAME "jack@microsoft.com"

  void dump_com_error(_com_error &e)
  {
      _tprintf(_T("Oops - hit an error!\n"));
      _tprintf(_T("\a\tCode = %08lx\n"), e.Error());
      _tprintf(_T("\a\tCode meaning = %s\n"), e.ErrorMessage());
      _bstr_t bstrSource(e.Source());
      _bstr_t bstrDescription(e.Description());
      _tprintf(_T("\a\tSource = %s\n"), (LPCTSTR) bstrSource);
      _tprintf(_T("\a\tDescription = %s\n"), (LPCTSTR) bstrDescription);
  }

  struct StartOle {
      StartOle()  {
           CoInitializeEx(NULL,COINIT_MULTITHREADED) ;	
      }

      ~StartOle() {
           CoUninitialize();
      }
  } _inst_StartOle;

  void main()
  {
      try {
  	
          SessionPtr pSession("Mapi.Session");
          pSession->Logon("Microsoft Outlook");

          FolderPtr   pFolder = pSession->Outbox;
          MessagesPtr pMessages = pFolder->Messages;
          MessagePtr  pMessage = pMessages->Add();
          pMessage->Subject = "VCCOM: MAPI Example";
           
          RecipientsPtr pRecipients = pMessage->Recipients;
          RecipientPtr pRecipient = pRecipients->Add();
          pRecipient->Name = RECIPIENT_NAME;
          pRecipient->Type = (long) mapiTo;
          pRecipient->Resolve();

          pMessage->Send(false, false);
          pSession->Logoff();

          } 

  catch (_com_error &e) {
          dump_com_error(e);
      }
  }

Workaround
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To solve the problem, change the following registry key from Both to Apartment:

  

  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3FA7DEB3-6438-101B-ACC1-00AA00423326}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel

REFERENCES
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For additional information, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q239853 MAPI_NO_COINIT Flag To Make MAPIInitialize Not Call CoInit

Additional query words: CDO CoInitializeEx 0x80040154 multithreaded

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Keywords          : kbCDO kbDSupport exc55 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :5.5
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbfix

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