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Distributed COM Application Development Using Visual Basic 6.0 and MTS, 1/e

Jim Maloney, Clearwater Research Grp, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL

Published April, 1999 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1999, 595 pp.
Paper Bound w/CD-ROM
ISBN 0-13-021343-8
$49.99

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The serious guide to VB6 multi-tier and Web development With Microsoft's Visual Basic¨ 6 release, VB has come of age as an enterprise component development platform. If you're an experienced VB programmer, this book is all you need to leverage VB's new capabilities in business-critical multi-tier and Web application development.
Other books cover aspects of distributed development with VB, but none are this comprehensive. Leading consultant Jim Maloney covers the waterfront: VB objects, COM, DCOM, networking, MTS, deployment, troubleshooting, and beyond. Understand multi-tier application architectures from the VB programmer's point of view; then master all these key skills:

  • Developing advanced Win32¨ applications using COM objects
  • ActiveX Data Objects, class objects, ActiveX Controls, and COM internals
  • Leveraging AutomationÑand adding Automation interfaces to your own applications
  • Making the most of Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
  • Embedding Internet transfer and Web browser capabilities in your
applications

  • Using ActiveX documents for intranet development
  • Distributed application debugging and maintenance techniques that really work
@BCTEXT =Maloney presents authoritative comparisons of every Microsoft option for Web development; hard-to-find information on binary compatibility; a practical overview of ASP; and much more. If you're ready to build state-of-the-art VB software for the enterprise, you're ready for Distributed COM Application Development Using Visual Basic 6.0.


@ CD-ROM INCLUDED
@ CD-ROM contains thousands of lines of live code for Web, 3-tier, and 2-tier applicationsÑincluding complete demonstration programs containing COM objects designed for easy reuse.

Author Bio

JIM MALONEY is President of Jim Maloney & Company, Inc., in St. Petersburg, FL, a company specializing in Software Development in Microsoft Visual C++¨/MFC/ATL, Microsoft Visual Basic, and Microsoft Visual J++ª/Java, and course development. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Clearwater Research Group, also in St. Petersburg, FL and is a Senior Training Consultant with UCI.

CLEARWATER RESEARCH GROUP conducts research in leading-edge technologies in Computer Science and provides consulting services and courseware development related to the application of software development technologies. CRG specializes in startup consulting services for multi-tiered client/server applications.

UCI SOFTWARE TRAINING CENTERS, a Microsoft Partner, specializes in high-end developer, systems, and Internet training on Microsoft products and technologies. For more information about training in this topic and others, UCI can be reached at 800-884-1772, or on the web at http://www.ucicorp.com.



    Preface.
    1. Deploying a Multi-Tiered Client/Server Application.

      Application Architectures. Deploying the Sample N-Tier Applications.

    2. Using Objects in a Visual Basic Application.

      About Objects. Objects and Visual Basic. Object Models. Stateful Objects and Transactions.

    3. Implementing Win32 User Interface Clients.

      Using the Mom-n-Pop Video Store Object Model. Saving Application Settings in the Registry. Displaying a Splash Screen. Using Drag and Drop in an Application. Clipboard Interoperability. The ListView Control. The TreeView Control. The TabStrip Control. Toolbars and Status Bars. Status Bars. About Input Validation in the Presentation Layer.

    4. Using the WinSock Control.

      The TCP/IP Protocol. Using the WinSock Control. Creating a Server Application. Creating a Client Application. Using the UDP Protocol. TCP Servers that Handle Multiple Clients.

    5. Database Access with ADO.

      ADO and OLE DB. The ADO Object Model. The ADO Connection Object. ADO Command Objects. Updating Records in a Recordset. Mom-n-Pop Video Store Case Studies. Using ADO Data Sources. Data Environments. Adding Reporting Capability.

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