Synopses & Reviews
This astute reference demystifies the underlying complexities of the Component Object Model (COM) -- explaining how to use the significant COM-based capabilities in Visual Basic 6.0 to create multitier solutions that scale for thousands of users. The best-selling first edition of this book has been fully updated to cover COM+ 1.0, the distributed application framework built into Windows 2000. Developers learn how to share resources such as threads, memory, and poolable objects in a COM+ application; exploit transactional programming techniques for high throughput and low response time; port Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) applications to COM+ and Windows 2000; and build robust, secure Web-based solutions.
Synopsis
This reference speaks to the huge base of Visual Basic developers who, until now, could only learn about COM by reading books written for C++ programmers. Now they can get up to speed quickly and participate in Microsoft's strategy for distributed computing. The Foreword is by Don Box, the industry guru for COM technology.
About the Author
Ted Pattison is a SharePoint® MVP, author, trainer and the founder of Critical Path Training. In 2005, Ted authored Microsoft's Ascend developer training curriculum for Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 and Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Since that time, Ted has been entirely focused on educating professional developers on SharePoint® technologies. Ted is the author of Inside Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0. Ted also writes Office Space, a developer-focused column for MSDN® Magazine.