OLE Automation: IDispatch implementing class; client or Server?

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Published on 2010-05-14T14:38:12Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 14:44 UTC
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I have a project which I'm studying the codebase of, however I'm trying to understand how this whole OLE Automation works.

Is the server the IDispatch implementor or does the OLE Client implement the IDispatch?

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