Clarify non-Microsoft path for generating COM tooling artifacts in modern .NET COM docs#55013
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[WIP] Clarify creation of TLB from .NET 6 DLL
Clarify non-Microsoft path for generating COM tooling artifacts in modern .NET COM docs
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The COM exposure article left a practical gap for VBA/Office consumers who need a TLB-generation workflow comparable to .NET Framework-era tooling. This update adds explicit guidance to a community CLI option when built-in modern .NET tooling does not provide that path.
Problem clarification
Documentation update
docs/core/native-interop/expose-components-to-com.mdunder Additional notes linking to thedscomproject.dscomis community-maintained, not a Microsoft-supported tool.Metadata compliance
ai-usage: ai-assistedfrontmatter to the edited Markdown file.Internal previews