Creating Lightweight Components with ATL

COM is the foundation for all Windows technologies and platforms, and Active Template Libraries (ATL) are considered the best way for creating COM components. This book discusses ATL, producing real-world applications, keeping a tight focus on the subject-matter, and providing concise information.

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Creating Lightweight Components with ATL covers ATL in depth, including an overview of COM development, then drills down to explain how ATL implements the fundamentals of COM. It also details how small, lightweight ATL-based COM solutions can be created to solve 'real world' problems. Creating Lightweight Controls with ATL enables you to quickly get up to speed with ATL COM development, and shows how you can use the many ATL/COM APIs and techniques in conjunction with the Standard Template Library (STL) to develop and understand topics such as: Lightweight ActiveX Controls, Web-based Document Servers, Remote Database, Access via ADO & OLE DB, ActiveX Documents & Views, NT Services, DCOM/COM Servers, OLE Automation Servers.