Using D5 pro,

I have an out of Proc COM server(COM) that I want to update from
another application(App1).
This works fine with:

procedure Tform1.refreshList;
var
   iPplCli:IpplLst;
begin
  try
     iPplCli := coPplLst.Create as IpplLst;
     iPplCli.ListRefresh;
  except
  end;
end;

However, this takes some time and I don't want my app to have to wait
until refresh returns.
My thought was to create a thread in the App1 with an execute that
does the above.

procedure TPpliCliRefreshThread.Execute;
var
   iPplCli:IpplLst;
begin
  try
     iPplCli := coPplLst.Create as IpplLst;
     iPplCli.ListRefresh;
  except
  end;
end;

However I get an EoleSysError telling me coinitialize was not called.
What do I need to do?
Should the thread really be in the COM server with waitfor set to
false rather than in the App1?  Or do I need to change some flags in
the COM factory or What?

Any help is greatly appreciated, I am obviously not grasping something
basic.

Ralph

Apply this pattern:

proc TMyThread.Execute;
begin
  CoInitialize (nil);
  AllocInterfacePointers;
  UseInterfacePointers;
  ReleaseInterfacePointers;
  CoUninitialize;
end;

--
have fun
Binh Ly
www.techvanguards.com

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Thanks Binh, that did the trick.

Ralph