- The most in-depth guide to .NET/COM interoperability ever published!
- Covers every .NET/COM interop option, "gotcha," and workaround
- Offers practical strategies for .NET migration and long-term .NET/COM coexistence
- Compares .NET to COM and Java
- Addresses many advanced issues, including Interop marshaling, Primary Interop Assemblies, using ActiveX Controls from managed code, using COM+ Services from managed code, converting your COM+ Applications to XML Web Services and .NET Remoting
The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook will help you move your Windows(-based software into the future without abandoning the investments you've already made. Writing from the perspective of the experienced COM/COM+ developer, Alan Gordon offers the most realistic, in-depth coverage of .NET/COM interoperability ever presented. He illuminates all your .NET/COM interoperability options, offering practical advice for both migration and long-term coexistence. Coverage includes:
- What COM/COM+ developers must know first about .NET/COM interoperability
- Using the .NET/COM interoperability resources built into Visual Studio .NET
- Calling COM/COM+ components from .NET
- Calling .NET components from Win32/COM applications
- Using COM+ Services from .NET applications
- Turning your COM+ applications into an XML Web Service without writing any code
- Understanding the impact of COM apartment threading on .NET performance
- Overcoming mismatches between COM reference counting and .NET garbage collection
- Interop marshaling, ActiveXcontrols, .NET remoting, and much more
