C # for VB6 COM events ("an object or class does not support a set of events")

Question

Really pulling my hair with this ...

I have a C # project with an interface defined as:

/* Externally Accessible API */
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
public interface ISerial
{
    [DispId(1)]
    bool Startup();

    [DispId(2)]
    bool Shutdown();

    [DispId(3)]
    bool UserInput_FloorButton(int floor_number);

    [DispId(4)]
    bool Initialize();
}

/* Externally Accesssible Event API */
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
public interface ISerialEvent
{
    [DispId(5)]
    void DataEvent();
}

[ComSourceInterfaces(typeof(ISerialEvent), typeof(ISerial))]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
public class SerialIface : ISerial
{
    public delegate void DataEvent();
    public event DataEvent dEvent;

    public bool Initialize()
    {
        //testing the event callback
        if (dEvent != null)
        {
            dEvent();
        }
    }
    ...
}

And the VB6 code looks like this:

Private WithEvents objSerial As SerialIface

Private Sub objSerial_DataEvent()
    'do something happy'
End Sub

Public Sub Class_Initialize()
    Set objSerial = New SerialIface  '<---this is the line that fails'
    Call objSerial.Initialize  '<--Initialize would trigger DataEvent, if it got this far'
End Sub

Well, normal API type functions seem to work (if I declare objSerial without the WithEvents keyword), but I can't get a "DataEvent" to work for life. It fails with the message "the object or class does not support a set of events."

At first I combined the two interfaces, but then C # complained that the DataEvent was not defined in the class. The way this is currently happening, I can fully view all the APIs and one event in the VB6 Object Explorer - everything looks as it is ... I just can't get it to work!

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Help!

Answer 1

, :

/* Externally Accesssible Event API */
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
public interface ISerialEvent
{
    [DispId(5)]
    void DataEvent();
}

/* Externally Accesssible Event API */
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
public interface ISerialEvent
{
    [DispId(5)]
    void dEvent();
}

Answer 2

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[Guid("9E5E5FB2-219D-4ee7-AB27-E4DBED8E123E"),
    ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None),
    ComSourceInterfaces(typeof(DBCOM_Events))]
    public class DBCOM_Class : DBCOM_Interface
    {

// // Events interface Database_COMObjectEvents 
[Guid("47C976E0-C208-4740-AC42-41212D3C34F0"), 
InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
public interface DBCOM_Events 
{
}

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