An error message occurs when you are performing intensive OLE Automation in a loop in Visual C++: "The remote procedure call failed"

CAUSE

Every thread that uses COM or OLE must call the CoInitialize function or the OleInitialize function, respectively. When this call is made, the OS creates a hidden top-level window, owned by your thread, for implementation purposes. Because the OS relies on Windows messaging behind-the-scenes, your thread should, and in some cases MUST, pump messages. Failure to do so can result in automation errors, and sometimes in a deadlock situation when another application broadcasts a message to all top-level windows (for example, an application might broadcast a WM_WININICHANGE or WM_SETTINGCHANGE message to notify other applications the default printer has changed).

MSG msg;
   while(PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, NULL, NULL, PM_REMOVE)) {
      TranslateMessage(&msg);
      DispatchMessage(&msg);
   }