Activex Controls Inside Out

ActiveX controls are an important ingredient in Microsoft's emerging "object model" approach to the Internet, applications, development tools, and operating systems. Written by a former data management consultant and current program manager at Microsoft in the Visual Languages group, ActiveX Controls Inside Out is an in-depth guide for C++ and Microsoft Visual Basic programmers who want to build powerful custom controls and the "componentware" using Microsoft's new tools and revolutionary COM (Component Object Model) technology. A comprehensive update to the successful first edition, OLE Controls Inside Out, this book contains the latest on MFC, changes to OLE, and Visual Basic and Microsoft Internet Explorer support for hosting ActiveX controls. It is an indispensable resource for all those programming for the Windows operating system and the Internet. ActiveX Cotrols Inside Out topics include philosophy of the development process; background of ActiveX and OLE; COM extensions for controls; Microsoft tools for creating ActiveX controls; ActiveX Controls and the Internet; ActiveX control licensing; converting a VBX and subclassing Windows controls; 16-bit-to-32-bit and cross-platfrom issues; Microsoft guidelines for ActiveX Controls and control containers; Visual C++, MFC, and the ActiveX Template Library (ATL).