Provides coverage of application development based on the COM and MTS. Demonstrates the principles of effective COM-driven design and MTS deployment. A full-featured enterprise application was built using a set of development guidelines, by Mary Kirtland, Microsoft Press.

The book reveals the essence of COM, helping developers to truly understand the why, not just the how, of COM. By Don Box, Addison Wesley.

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A guide to building elegant COM components, presents how accessible COM can be, particularly for those familiar with C++. It is an insightful, progressive view of COM design with illustrations in the form of code samples. By Dale Rogerson, Microsoft Press.

Regular coverage of latest COM-related books, selected by Microsoft.

Learn about Microsoft technology without getting bogged down in programming details: COM (object technology), OLE (technology for compound documents), and ActiveX (powerful new technology for the Internet). By David Chappell, Microsoft Press.