CreatePropertyGroup Method, CreateProperty Method, Value Property Example

[This product will work only on Windows NT 4.0 versions and earlier. For Windows 2000 and later, see COM+ (Component Services).]

Dim spmMgr As SharedPropertyGroupManager
Dim spmGroup As SharedPropertyGroup
Dim spmPropNextNumber As SharedProperty
Dim bExists As Boolean
Dim iNextValue As Integer

' Create the SharedPropertyGroupManager,
' SharedPropertyGroup, and SharedProperty.
Set spmMgr = CreateObject _
    ("MTxSpm.SharedPropertyGroupManager.1")
Set spmGroup = spmMgr.CreatePropertyGroup _
    ("Counter", LockSetGet, Process, bExists)
Set spmPropNextNumber = _
    spmGroup.CreateProperty("Next", bExists)

' Get the next number and increment it.
iNextValue = spmPropNextNumber.Value
spmPropNextNumber.Value = _
    spmPropNextNumber.Value + 1