This third volume in the Comprehensive COM series takes a look at a number of different ActiveX technologies which are built on top of COM. The Map provides single-click access to any topic



Technologies covered include automation, persistence, structured storage, connection points, monikers, uniform data transfer, ActiveX controls and drag and drop.



Structured storage (storages and streams) is explained in detail.



As are internal details about different kinds of Monikers, and the process of Moniker binding.



Complex topics like connection points are clearly explained.



Several interactive demonstrations drive home the use of these technologies in your application. These demonstrations include the data object viewer and the ActiveX Control test container.



This volume provides a detailed look at Distributed COM including a discussion of the DCOM remoting architecture,



narrated example source code for creating remote objects,



a thorough discussion of custom and standard marshalling



and an animated walkthrough of the OXID resolution process.

This volume concludes by taking a look at COM security discussing activation security, call security, programmatic security and interface level security.

"ActiveX and COM Technologies", together with the other volumes of the COMPREHENSIVE COM tutorial series, clearly explains these important technologies and simplifies your learning curve for this important object-oriented technology.