The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook (Integrated .Net Series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall Ptr) - Softcover

Gordon, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013046130X ISBN 13: 9780130461308

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

This book explains the .NET Framework from the perspective of a COM/COM+ programmer. It compares COM/COM+ and .NET. It also shows readers how to use their existing COM/COM+ components from .NET and how to call .NET components from their Win32/COM applications.

About this title

About the Author

ALAN GORDON, Group Program Manager at FieldCentrix in Irvine, CA, is responsible for FX Service Center, an Internet-based service management and dispatch application built with ASP, COM+, and SQL Server. He is also responsible for E-Service, an ASP.NET-based product that allows field service companies to quickly enable their customers to make and track service calls on the Web.

From the Back Cover

.NET/COM interoperability in depth: comprehensive techniques and strategies

• The most in-depth guide to .NET/COM interoperability ever published!
• Covers every .NET/COM interop option, "gotcha," and workaround
• Offers practical strategies for .NET migration and long-term .NET/COM coexistence
• Compares .NET to COM and Java
• Addresses many advanced issues, including Interop marshaling, Primary Interop Assemblies, using ActiveX Controls from managed code, using COM+ Services from managed code, converting your COM+ Applications to XML Web Services and .NET Remoting

The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook will help you move your Windows(-based software into the future without abandoning the investments you've already made. Writing from the perspective of the experienced COM/COM+ developer, Alan Gordon offers the most realistic, in-depth coverage of .NET/COM interoperability ever presented. He illuminates all your .NET/COM interoperability options, offering practical advice for both migration and long-term coexistence. Coverage includes:

• What COM/COM+ developers must know first about .NET/COM interoperability
• Using the .NET/COM interoperability resources built into Visual Studio .NET
• Calling COM/COM+ components from .NET
• Calling .NET components from Win32/COM applications
• Using COM+ Services from .NET applications
• Turning your COM+ applications into an XML Web Service without writing any code
• Understanding the impact of COM apartment threading on .NET performance
• Overcoming mismatches between COM reference counting and .NET garbage collection
• Interop marshaling, ActiveX controls, .NET remoting, and much more

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013046130X
• ISBN 13: 9780130461308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720