COM+ Programming: A Practical Guide Using Visual C++ and ATL

• Maximizing COM/COM+ software reusability and scalability: practical solutions!
• Developing robust enterprise COM+ applications: Proven guidelines and sample code
• In-depth coverage: IDL interface design, COM+ synchronization, transactions, queuing, security, events, and more
• Techniques for administering distributed component environments

Maximizing COM/COM+ reuse and scalability: practical, enterprise-class solutions! If you're ready to develop COM/COM+ enterprise applications, start with this practical, solutions-focused guide! Using case studies and real-world code examples, Hewlett-Packard COM/COM+ expert Pradeep Tapadiya presents COM and COM+ in detail, from a developer's perspective. You'll master powerful techniques for improving reusability, scalability, and robustness-and discover how to avoid the traps and pitfalls that await the unwary. Tapadiya demonstrates today's best approaches to designing interfaces, building COM servers, dealing with transactions, and more, including:

• In-depth coverage of interface design with IDL
• A full chapter on maximizing the scalability of COM/COM+ applications
• Maximizing security in distributed, component-based environments
• COM+ synchronization, apartments, activities, and event notification
• Working with queued components
• Administering distributed component environments

Whether you're new to component development, migrating to COM+ and Windows 2000, or an experienced developer seeking powerful new techniques, you'll find the answers in "COM+ Programming: A Practical Guide Using Visual C++ and ATL."