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Developing components and hosting them on Microsoft Internet Explorer or the Windows 98 Active Desktop can make software development faster, more robust and flexible than ever before. This is the complete developer's guide to component development for both distributed and local applications. Learn how to use Internet Explorer, Active Desktop and their components as an application framework for building both local and distributed (intranet/Internet) applications. Learn how to build ActiveX controls and COM objects; script ActiveX controls; use ActiveX controls from other "host" environments; use ActiveX in client/server development, and more. Learn key techniques for distributed and server-side programming; installation and signing. There's detailed coverage of what not to do (a full chapter of "Stupid Windows Tricks") -- plus a preview of the future of COM and ActiveX. For experienced developers making the transition to component development.
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Build killer apps with Microsoft COM components!
- Build and use COM components in C++, Java, or VB
- Host your components in Internet Explorer 4 with DHTML and scripting
- Use client-server techniques with IIS, ASP, MTS, and more
- Practical debugging techniques for COM objects and scripts
- Top ten tips(and "Stupid Windows Tricks" to avoid at all costs!
- Value-packed CD-ROM! IE 4.01 and Author's Toolkit, ADO and OLE DB, Microsoft SDK for Java, and more!
Anything you can build in Windows, you can build better and faster with components hosted on Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Want proof? Get Jason Loveman's Building COM Applications with Internet Explorer, the complete developer's guide to Microsoft component development.
Take an in-depth look at the Component Object Model (COM)(the "plumbing" that makes Windows component development possible. Build your own COM objects using ATL, Java, or VB(and make the most of the "free" controls already built into Windows and IE4. Bring your controls to life with DHTML, VBScript, and JScript to build complete applications hosted in IE. Build HTML pages that automatically "install" your applications.
Finally, Loveman tours all your distributed programming options, from IIS to MTS and RMI. By the time you're done, you'll be ready to choose the fastest, most efficient solution for your application.
Web-based component apps are your future. Get started, or expand your skills now(with Building COM Applications with Internet Explorer.
You get an awesome CD-ROM brimming with 100% free component technology: Microsoft's IE 4.01 and Author's Toolkit, HTML Help Workshop, Windows Scripting Host, and Microsoft SDK for Java.
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