COM+ is the development platform for today and for the Microsoft® .NET Platform of tomorrow. Whether you work with Microsoft Visual C++® or Visual Basic® development systems COM+ empowers you to write transaction-capable applications in a fraction of the development time and cost of other enterprise solutions. This five-volume COM+ DEVELOPER'S REFERENCE LIBRARY is your one-stop resource for COM+ providing precise information for using this powerful programming tool to build scalable and robust applications for distributed computing frameworks. It fully documents the Component Object Model (COM) and COM+ Automation and ActiveX® controls the core technologies behind COM+ application development. By grouping objects and components into COM+ applications you can build better enterprise tools for all your e-commerce online information tracking messaging resource planning publishing and knowledge management needs. And by deploying COM+ applications across multiple machines administrators and developers can launch critical line-of-business programs access data in legacy systems and streamline their middle-tier application design. This well-organized reference library concentrates all the essential COM and COM+ reference materials in one place and is thoroughly indexed to help you find the topics you need fast. Each guide also contains its own comprehensive glossary of COM+ terms. This essential reference collection includes: