Unleash the power of COM+ in the enterprise!

The powerful new Microsoft® Windows® Component Object Model (COM+) makes it easy to develop scalable component-based business solutions. INSIDE COM+ BASE SERVICES presents the information you need to take advantage of all the possibilities of COM+. This book presents complete details about the fundamental programming architecture of COM+. It also includes valuable cross-language code samples that you can apply in your applications. From concepts to practical advice this is the definitive guide to using COM+ in the enterprise. With this book you'll be able to:

• Understand COM+ fundamentals as they relate to Microsoft Windows 2000 and the Windows Distributed interNet Applications (DNA) architecture
• Use Interface Definition Language to create type libraries
• Build clients and components in C++ Microsoft Visual Basic® and Java
• Understand threads and apartments
• Develop standard and custom marshaling routines
• Call methods that execute asynchronously
• Build objects that can persist their state

An electronic version of this book is available on the companion CD.