Essential Com

"Don Box makes it possible for mere mortals to join the COM cognoscenti. If youire a C++ COM programmer, buy this book." -David Chappell, Principal, Chappell & Associates and author of "Understanding ActiveX and OLE"

Written by a leading COM authority, this unique book reveals the essence of COM, helping developers to truly understand the why, not just the how, of COM. Understanding the motivation for the design of COM and its distributed aspects is critical for developers who wish to go beyond simplistic applications of COM and become truly effective COM programmers. As the COM programming model continues to evolve, such insight also becomes essential to remaining current with extensions, such as Microsoft Transaction Server and COM+. By showing you why Distributed COM works as it does, Don Box enables you to apply the model creatively and effectively to everyday programming problems.

This book examines COM from the perspective of a C++ developer, offering a familiar frame of reference to ease you into the topic. You will also find comprehensive coverage of the core concepts of Distributed COM (interfaces, classes, apartments, and applications), including detailed descriptions of COM theory, the C++ language mapping, COM IDL (Interface Definition Language), the remoting architecture, IUnknown, monikers, threads, marshalers, security, and more. In addition, the book offers a thorough explanation of COMis basic vocabulary, provides a complete Distributed COM application to illustrate programming techniques, and includes the authoris tested library of COM utility code.
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The Component Object Model (COM) is Microsoft's basic framework for developing and deploying object-oriented software that allows disparate applications and components to work together across a variety of languages, platforms and host machines. Virtually all modern Microsoft technologies, including ActiveX, OLE, Microsoft Transaction Server, and SQL Server are built using COM. This book shows developers how this architecture operates and how to use COM to create efficient and stable programs. All the code developed for this book has been tested and proven in Don Box's popular training courses.

This is the only book available that gives developers an in-depth understanding of the "whys" of COM, enabling readers to design software that is consistent with the COM philosophy. Written by the premier authority on the COM architecture, COM -- The Component Object Model offers essential information for serious component developers.
-- Distinctive approach -- will teach readers not only how to use COM, but how to think in COM
-- COM can greatly improve the efficiency of applications, but COM fluency is a difficult task. This book is the best resource available for developers who need to make the transition from superficial understanding to deep knowledge