Knowing a COMObject by IID

[Peter Hansen]

Mauro Baraldi wrote:

> Someone can helpe-me how to get the name of a COMObject by it CLSID.
> 
> Example: 
> A object got a number CLSID ({CA8A9783-280D-11CF-A24D-444553540000}).
> It name is Acrobat Control for ActiveX.
> 
> Or where can I found a good reference for this...

The most direct method is to use "regedit" to search for it
in your registry.  You can find it under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
and the name will be under the default key for the entry.

But I suspect you wanted to do this programmatically...
and I don't know the API you would use.

-Peter