Can I use silent monitor functions in .NET using the COM CIL?

I am currently writing a client with the .NET CIL I have to implement silent monitoring. The doc says that you can open multiple session instances from a single app and create as many connections as needed. I am using the COM RCWs to create a second session just for the SM functionality. Can I use COM calls along side the .NET calls? I am getting a return of -1 from the COM Session.Connect() method. This is not a CilError value. I thought it might be an HResult but then there is no way to retrieve the CilError value. The method signatures are below and as you can see C++ returns an int as does .NET and VB but the COM should take a  int ref as an arg to return the error code. I assume the the RCW is wrapping the COM CIL but it acts like the C++ signature. Regardless they should all return a CilError(pick your own enum)  value and not -1.
 
C++:int Connect(Arguments& args)
COM:HRESULT Connect(IArguments *args, int * errorcode)
VB:Connect(args As CTIOSCLIENTLib.IArguments) As Long
.NET:CilError Connect(Arguments rArgs)
 
 
I don't even know if what I am trying to do is possible and whether I have to port my entire code over to COM to get it to work. It all depends on how the .NET CIL was written and whether it wraps the COM CIL or is a ground up implmentation. I think it may be possible to use the ActiveX controls and the SessionResolver as another way around. But it is frustrating to be so close and lack a single feature. Any ideas? Code samples ? I am using 7.2. and using CCM SM is not an option.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Shannon

I solved this problem using the ActiveX controls in a similar fashion to the Win32 sample but I did investigate doing the COM solution. It is a VERY large pain to do all the massaging you have to do to use the COM CIL from .NET using the RCW but it is totally feasable. I simply did not have the time to rewrite several thousand lines of code. If you have the time in your project I would suggest wrapping the COM CIL in your own objects and then using those to write your app. It will make your life much easier and give you all the functionality you seek.
 
Shannon