VB Developer's Guide to COM and COM+
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Visual Basic Developer's Library

Visual Basic Developer's Guide to
COM and COM+

• Written by: Wayne S. Freeze
• Published by: Sybex, 1999
• ISBN: 0-7821-2558-1

Overview

Now that you've mastered the standard Visual Basic development techniques, you're ready for more topic oriented books. This took gives you expert instruction in the specific techniques and technologies that make Visual Basic the ideal programming tool for tapping the power of the Component Object Model (COM). 

In this book you'll learn about:

• Building ActiveX DLLs and EXEs
• Creating ActiveX Controls
• DCOM programming
• Database programming with COM objects
• Building COM+ transactions
• Working with message queues
• Handling COM+ security
• Developing COM+ transactions for IIS Applications

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can I get a copy of the sample applications?

If you purchased this book as part of the boxed set Visual Basic Developer's Library, the sample programs are included with the CD-ROM. If you purchased the book separately, you can download the sample applications by clicking on the link below.

[Download vbcom.zip] (402k bytes)

2. What happened to IMDB?

This book was written using Windows 2000 beta 3 to provide you the latest coverage of COM and COM+. However Microsoft choose not to include the In Memory Database as part of the final release of Windows 2000. I am disappointed in this decision, since I think that IMDB offers some important benefits to web developers. I also hope that Microsoft will choose to release this technology in a future update to Windows.
Updated: 30 April 2000, Copyright © 1999-2000 Just Plane Crazy