ATL COM Programmer's Reference [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Richard Grimes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1998

The Active Template Library is the method for making lightweight COM components for C++ programmers. First available as a download for use with Visual C++ 4.2, ATL is now an integral part of Microsoft's premier development tool. This book covers ATL 3.0, which is found in all versions of Visual C++ 6.0. ATL comes with a growing family of Wizards to make development easier and is based on established C++ language disciplines. ATL COM Programmer's Reference covers class factories and aggregation, automation procedures, enumerators and collections, OLE DB templates, ATL Wizards, ATL threading techniques, mapping. A structured example is used to illustrate many ATL techniques and capabilities, supported by an extensive reference section.

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From the Publisher

The book is for anyone needing an easy reference for the fundamental techniques and guidelines for programming with ATL. Competence in C++, Windows programming and familiarity with basic Template theory are desirable.

About the Author

ATL took hold of Richard while he was part of a team developing a COM-based workflow system. Its elegance and simplicity had a lasting effect on him. Now, although Richard does not live an obsessively pure COM lifestyle, he finds that ATL gives him more time to enjoy his garden. Richard writes and advises on COM and ATL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; 1st edition (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861002491
• ISBN-13: 978-1861002495
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,759,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Confused mismash unusable as reference or narrative guide, June 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ATL COM Programmer's Reference (Paperback)

This book makes an attempt to be both a reference guide to ATL programming and a tutorial as well, and fails miserably at both. It constantly and throughout the book refers to concepts not explained until leter chapters. The tutorial example is hopelessly complicated by issues unrelated to the topic at hand, and the overall organization will leave you spending more time hunting for the section a particular topic is covered in than would have taken to sit down and read through full chapters in a good narrative.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent book by Richard Grimes, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ATL COM Programmer's Reference (Paperback)

The book does an excellent job presenting ATL COM and OLE DB, as it relates to ATL COM. I rated this lower though because the editors put the source code available for download, but failed to mention that if you want chapter 5's examples to work you must first load and compile the examples from a previous chapter. The editors also failed to include the access database that goes with the source code. This might be a trend at Wrox, as the editors on several of their recent books have omitted one or more files mentioned or used by the source code.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Reference book, June 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: ATL COM Programmer's Reference (Paperback)

This book contains good information, and the price is right, but it isn't usable as a reference book. The index is short and incomplete, making finding needed material difficult. Further, when I'm looking up something specific in a reference it is because I have a need to solve a problem immediately. However, there are very few code examples in this book: so much for solving my problem immediately.

As a book about ATL it would have rated 3 stars, as a reference it rates 1.