Inside Ole (Microsoft Programming Series) [Paperback]

Kraig Brockschmidt (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1100 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2nd edition (May 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556158432
• ISBN-13: 978-1556158438
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #955,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Important for understanding the underpinnings of COM, July 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Inside Ole (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

I tend to agree with most of what is said in previous reviews. The tome could have been easier to read. You really must pay attention to every word written. Personally, I ignored everything relating to C.

Inside OLE 2nd Edition is not for you if you want to jump write in and code with MFC and especially the ATL. Much of what Mr. Brockschmidt discusses is encapsulated within the ATL. But any developer worth his salt knows that debugging and even everyday coding depends on a solid understanding of what's going on underneath. This book definitely gives you that. I studied IO2E with that in mind. I have no intention of hand coding coclasses from scratch, but absorbing the material presented in the book makes learning ATL a whole lot easier.

Surprisingly, I found the book not dated at all even though the notion of ActiveX did not exist at the time of writing. Just about everything that one would currently do with COM today is in the book and still applies 100%.

For a d! eep understanding of the reasoning behind COM and how to use it, I have not read any better explanations. There is a lot of information out there on how to build a COM interface, but not much on what to do with it once you have built it. I really gained a lot of insight on how to build systems using interfaces and "object hierarchies".

If you have the time, I would suggest to read Inside OLE 2nd Edition and then move on to Inside COM. Following that you can tackle the ATL. If not, Inside COM is still an excellent first step. In any case, the book makes a valuable desk reference. It really is the "bible" so-to-speak.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is good after you know COM, July 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Inside Ole (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

This was a book I disliked when I was a COM beginner. But after I know basic concepts and write a lot of COM/OLE codes, this book begins make sense. It is a serious book for experienced COM programmer. I think the author should update his examples which could not compile on VC6++ so we can debug into his codes and understand his examples better.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The bible, April 24, 2005

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Michail Chourdakis (Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside Ole (Microsoft Programming Series) (Paperback)

99,9% of Plain OLE is covered. No MFC/OWL/ or anyother compiler-dependent technique. It is the must for the serious programmer.
Warning: not for beginners, make sure you know C++ and the Win32 API well before trying the book.