Professional Visual Basic 6 MTS Programming (VB COM series) - Softcover

Bortniker, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861002440 ISBN 13: 9781861002440

Publisher: WROX Press Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Presently, books do not meet the needs of the experienced Visual Basic Developer interested in implementing MTS. Many existing books have devoted small sections to MTS. These are often great resources for many developers. However, they do not provide the necessary depth required for more advanced programmers to implement a large-scale application. Typically, this group of developers has gone beyond the knowledge level that existing books have to offer. They may often turn to alternate sources of information such as the Visual Basic Programmers Journal, Microsoft Developers Network, and USENET groups. However, each of these provides the same types of repetitive code samples and snippets that address single and often obscure development topics. PUB COMMENTS:This book addresses the needs of these programmers, who need advice and instruction on how to use MTS to create a feature rich scalable application. These developers want to take advantage of the MTS programming model to develop a Visual Basic application that uses components to encapsulate business logic. This book is a sequel to the great introductory Wrox VB MTS book, Pro MTS/MSMQ.

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Review

Visual Basic 6 MTS Programming centres on the important role of Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) for creating scalable solutions in Visual Basic 6. For the intermediate or advanced Visual Basic (VB) developer, this tools-based tutorial to today's VB provides a solid working guide to building components for the Microsoft platform. Perhaps the principal strength of this book is its use of the actual tools that let VB developers create and deploy scalable components that use transactions and MTS. The text shows you the actual screenshots for setting VB component options, for security under MTS and Windows NT, and for MTS deployment (and packages). Of course, the author does a good job with the theory behind DCOM and transactions, including design principles for successful objects. But the coverage of real-world tools for deploying and administering (even debugging) objects on the Windows platform are a real standout here. For its examples, this book relies on objects that store user IDs, passwords for Web sites and later an excellent case study on a sales order database application. Included here is good coverage of back-end database issues (centring on SQL Server 7) and ASP-based Web development. Not only is this book arguably the best source for getting the inner details on today's MTS, but its coverage of COM+ (available on Windows 2000) also provides a valuable preview of the future evolution of MTS. The practical focus of this book will make this a good choice for those who appreciate a more hands-on approach. In all, Visual Basic 6 MTS Programming provides an up-to-date guide to using VB to create objects that make good use of the Microsoft platform. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.com

Topics covered: MTS basics, MTS Explorer, distributed architectures, Microsoft Distributed Internet Architecture (DNA) and DCOM fundamentals, transaction basics, MTS component development, object persistence, packages, MTS and Windows NT security, debugging, performance and administration, SQL Server, MS DTC, ASP basics, and COM+.

From the Publisher

This book addresses the needs of these programmers, who need advice and instruction on how to use MTS to create a feature rich scalable application. These developers want to take advantage of the MTS programming model to develop a Visual Basic application that uses components to encapsulate business logic. This book is a sequel to the great introductory Wrox VB MTS book, Pro MTS/MSMQ.

Edition details

• Publisher: WROX Press Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1861002440
• ISBN 13: 9781861002440
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500