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Beginning ATL COM Programming (Paperback)

by Richard Grimes (Author), George Reilly (Author), Alex Stockton (Author), Julian Templeman (Author)

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Paperback: 491 pages
Publisher: WROX Press Ltd (Jan 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1861000111
ISBN-13: 978-1861000118
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.3 x 3.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

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As well as telling you how ATL works, the book is full of examples illustrating the concepts. We cover connection points, collections, enumerations; explain how ATL handles IDispatch, error objects; persistence interfaces and how to extend them, explain how ATL handles ambient and stock properties; property maps, message maps, property pages, initializing properties via scripting and >PARAM< tags;

We also explain various ways of marshaling, threading, and how ATL handles the various models. We cover DCOM related topics like using surrogates to remote DLL servers and writing remote EXE servers (we develop a class and a sample client that calls the class inproc, local, via a surrogate, and remote). The final chapter develops a full control that is scriptable and has complex properties that can be initialized in IE and in VB, and set via a property page

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The book is primarily for Visual C++ developers (although ATL is freely available from Microsoft's web site at present). The reader will probably be fairly experienced in using MFC, and may well have used the Wizards to produce simple MFC controls in the past. The book is ideal for people who need to get to grips with the principles of COM and the ways in which ATL handles much of the complexity for the programmer.

The book is a logical next step for people who have read Beginning Visual C++ 5. The back of Beginning Visual C++5, which is in CompUSA, points consumers to this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars prereqs: WIN32 and C++ ( no MFC or COM knowledge needed), 6 Aug 1999

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I have now finished reading this book - and am chuffed about how I am now traversing with ease various ATL examples I have found on the net. I give it four stars. Prior to reading it, I had no COM experince and no MFC experience (only win32api and c++).

BAD BITS: Like other readers, I found the chapter 2 client-from-server-wizard bit to be unsuitable. At the time I was still trying to grasp the main concepts. I just skipped that bit.

And also, perhaps the chapters are a bit long, they cover alot in one chapter.

GOODBITS: Comprehensive - for me, this book left no questions unanswered. If you reread a section you will eventually understand it. I constantly annotated with a pencil things such as "see pagexx", "see pagezz", But its all in there!

Well chosen examples - they like throwing in examples that expose the little technical quirks that I assume will be hard to figure out unaided. It is true that this would make a good reference aswell as a learning guide.

Technical detail - I like to know what is actually going on behind the scenes, and in all those macros. This book told me.

I thoroughly recommend this book for those with no MFC or COM experience. I would recommend re-reading chapters if you get lost. The examples aren't that important, (I think I did about 4 examples all up). Goodluck - its challenging, but what you are capable of when you get to the end is quite impressive.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fairly comprehensive but wordy, 22 Dec 1999

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I suppose this covers a lot of what you need to know, but it takes so long about it. Referencing a server from a client and the section on threading were quite good.

I prefer ATL COM reference by the same author. More succinct and comprehensive.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good initial book on ATL & COM
This is a good introduction to the world of COM and ATL. ATL is designed to do a lot of the tedious parts of COM programming for you. This book fills you in on both. Read more

Published on 5 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars The title is misleading
This is a reference manual for COM programmers who already know how to program with the Active Template Library. Read more

Published on 28 Jul 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Good in parts, but patchy.
The first 3 chapters are readable, engaging, and show the principles of COM and ATL through simple but well thought-out examples. Read more

Published on 5 Jul 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a beginner book
I got about half way through it and found myself skipping more than reading. Few examples, too much talk about obtuse data structures that even after the description I was left... Read more

Published on 14 Jun 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars I can't vouch for how well it works in VC5, but.....
it's a tough transition using VC6. I'm using this as a learn as I go tool for an actual product we are building.....VC6 and this book? Read more

Published on 4 Jun 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Wait for an updated version
This book was targeting VC5.0/ATL2.0. Some examples badly work with VC6.0/ATL3.0 : especially creating - and destroying ! Read more

Published on 25 May 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners to COM
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Published on 17 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for a jump start into the Worl of ATL...
This book really did help me to gear up for the ATL/COM project. It took a while, but gave a solid insight of the ATL architecture. Read more

Published on 13 May 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginner
This book is not for a beginner who wants to learn ATL Com programming. It is badly organized. Sometimes a reader will not know what the author is talking about. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Keep it by your bedside
I find this book a pleasure to read, it tells you what you need to know at the right. Out of all my 7 wrox books this it the best, the bit about ATL Architecture is a bit to... Read more

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