How to create COM sink using MFC?

Hello,

I am having difficulties implementing a sink for a COM object dispatch interface. This is an MFC console application, so using wizards to add CCmdTarget automation is not an option.

I am not having any issues with using other interfaces (calling from my app into the COM object). It is the sink where I am running into a snag (from _Notify).

Here is a snippet of the TLH file, for which I need to implement the sink:
struct __declspec(uuid("2e21b3ec-f00f-f00f-8973-46d109c82f47"))  _TheLib;
struct __declspec(uuid("C3520671-f00f-f00f-9b96-0060083968AE")) _Notify;

TLI file for the interface of interest:
inline HRESULT _Notify::OnNotifyMsg ( )
{
    HRESULT _result = 0;
    _com_dispatch_method(this, 0x2, DISPATCH_METHOD, VT_ERROR, (void*)&_result, NULL);
    return _result;
}

Here is the IDL:
library TheLib
{
    // TLib :     // TLib : OLE Automation : {00020430-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
    importlib("stdole2.tlb");

    // Forward declare all types defined in this typelib
    dispinterface _Notify;
    [
      uuid(C3520671-F00F-F00F-9B96-0060083968AE),
      helpstring("_Notifyinterface")
    ]

    dispinterface _Notify{
        properties:
        methods:
            [id(0x00000002)]
            HRESULT OnNotifyMsg();
    };
};

I've generated the  IDispatch wrapper class using the Add Class from Typelib Wizard. I've then attempted to inherit and extend the method which I am interested in - but the sink never receives any events.

I would greatly appreciate help with this. I've tried many different ways of doing this, and have looked through other posts about this subject on Experts Exchange - without too much help.

Thanks everyone!

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