COM/DCOM Training

Microsoft Certified Partner

Building Component Software Using COM/DCOM

Duration: 5 days| Price: £1,345 + VAT | Class Dates:

Students Will Learn:

COM/DCOM Software Model
Using Interfaces
Class Factories
Building ActiveX Controls

Building COM Clients and Servers
MFC vs. ATL
Using Automation
Programming with DCOM

Description: This hands on COM/DCOM training course introduces the student to the fundamental concepts of building reusable software components and applications using COM and DCOM. Students initially build server components and client applications using low-level COM techniques in order to thoroughly understand the principles involved. Subsequently they learn to employ ATL and MFC to build more sophisticated programs. Topics covered in detail include: creating COM components using ATL and deploying them in client applications; building automation-based server applications that provide components to other applications; creating and using ActiveX controls; and component support for multithreading. Students are then introduced to the problems of distributing components across a network. The fundamentals of DCOM and mechanisms for dealing with the security issues of distributed components are introduced.

Prerequisites: Knowledge of C++. Basic knowledge of Windows. Minimal experience with MFC is helpful but not required.

Building Component Software Using COM/DCOM Course Overview:

Overview of Component Development What is a Component? COM/DCOM Architecture Interfaces, GUIDs and the Registry Location Transparency IDL/MIDL Class Factories Marshaling Automation COM Threads		Programming with COM HRESULTs Generating GUIDS Interfaces IUNKNOWN Common Microsoft Interfaces Custom Interfaces Dual Interfaces Initializing COM Implementing COM Servers Self-Registering Components Class Factories Using COM Strings Memory Management Implementing COM Clients CoCreateInstance CoGetClassObject Managing Interface Pointers Handling Errors Implementing Multiple Interfaces Multiple Inheitance Nested Classes Component Reuse Containment & Aggregation Containment & Aggregation
Building and Using ActiveX Controls ActiveX Control Fundamental Concepts Using ActiveX Controls Installing and Registering Building Dialogs Containing ActiveX Controls Using ActiveX Controls in a Web Page ActiveX Control Architecture Properties Custom Properties Ambient Properties Stock Properties Property Persistence Events Tools for Bbuilding & Testing ActiveX Controls Building ActiveX Controls Using ATLs Wizard		Using Automation Automation Concepts IDISPATCH Automation Data Types Type Libraries Dual Interfaces C++ and VB Automation Issues Handling Automation Errors Implementing Automation Servers
Using ATL to create COM Clients and Servers ATL Overview CComObjectRootEx and CComObject COM Support using the ATL COM AppWizard Using the ATL Object Wizard Adding Data Members and Methods COM and OBJECT Maps Interacting with the Type Library Smart Pointers		Programming with DCOM DCOM Fundamentals RPC Object Lifetimes Registry Entries Surrogates Review of IDL / MIDL Security Building a DCOM Server Building a DCOM Client Testing on a Local Machine

Student Testimonials

"Great lab exercises, that really helped to increase my working knowledge of COM. The instructor was very knowledgeable of the course material and was a good presenter."
– K. A., Avaya

"Great class. I highly recommend HOTT for training. I have taken 2 classes from HOTT and have been very pleased with the two classes, the information covered, the knowledge of the teacher and the class materials."
– S.W., Intergraph

"Dollar for dollar, the best money we have spent to date on our project."
– A.E., President, National Bureau of Affairs

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