Active Template Library: A Developer's Guide [Paperback]

Tom Armstrong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1998

Here is detailed, example-heavy coverage of using the new ATL to create COM-based applications. Section topics include ActiveX controls, NT services, moving from MFC to ATL, and non-Windows ATL development. ATL classes are gradually replacing MFC classes, and everyone who has been working with MFC will need to learn how to implement these more compact and powerful tools.

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About the Author

Tom Armstrong is a software developer and project leader for DST Systems' Advanced Technologies Group. He is the author of the acclaimed Designing and Using ActiveX Controls and Designing and Using OLE Custom Controls, both from M&T Books. widgetware.com) is a popular resource about COM and ActiveX development. Tom has taught ActiveX, COM, and C++ to corporate groups all over the United States, and uses these classes to tailor his books to meet the needs of today's corporate developer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 447 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers); 1 edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558515801
• ISBN-13: 978-1558515802
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,885,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent COM & ATL/COM Reference For VC++ Programmer, December 13, 1999

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Toan Nguyen (Blacksburg, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Active Template Library: A Developer's Guide (Paperback)

Tom Armstrong is a true teacher. Every concept was methodically introduced. From the basic COM construct to ATL support of it and, how client apps. might use it. I am particularly impressed with his approach of introducing (simplified) pseudo ATL codes first to enable me to understand a concept before looking at the real ATL generated codes. Definitely a recommended reading!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a "Good First Book" for developers.., November 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Active Template Library: A Developer's Guide (Paperback)

this is a good first book. Not for advanced ATL stuff. Also, if you do not know the COM concepts, better go get some other book for that, first. This is very good for someone who is trying to start ATL programming. Nice example flow, using both MFC and ATL. I would say, you will need to read this book surely once and only once.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading, yet not simplistic, intro to ATL COM, October 23, 2000

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J. Grattan "Ideas can move the world" (Lawrenceville, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Active Template Library: A Developer's Guide (Paperback)

If one is looking for a book that discusses the arcane details of ATL COM, then this book is not for you. But the author does present a very good introduction to COM and ATL COM. He does it in a very orderly and easy to read manner. There is plenty here for the ATL novice. To show that the author presents more than help-file pablum, he digs into the class structure of ATL.

I have never given a computer book five stars, but I do this time because the book simply has the right presentation and tone for an introduction. There are no statements that if the reader is not a C++ template guru, he/she has no business reading my book.

Having rated the book highly, I will however state that more than one book will be necessary to learn the subject. But this a very good place to start.