Inside Distributed Com (cd)

With Microsoft's Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), developers can create powerful new multitier business solutions and distributed applications. INSIDE DISTRIBUTED COM presents the information you need to get a coherent picture of DCOM and to tap its full power. Inside you'll find a strong conceptual blueprint of DCOM and related technologies, combined with valuable cross-language coding samples. INSIDE DISTRIBUTED COM is your key to:

* Understanding COM and DCOM fundamentals
* Creating and using type libraries
* Building clients and components in C++, Visual Basic, and Java
* Understanding threading models
* Using Dispatch and building Automation clients
* Creating connectable objects that can fire events
* Running components remotely and securely
* Developing standard and custom marshaling routines
* Understanding Interface Definition Language concepts
* Designing components for Microsoft Transaction server

From concepts to practical programming samples, this is the definitive guide to DCOM. Unleash the full potential of this powerful technology with INSIDE DISTRIBUTED COM.