Designing and Using ActiveX® Controls (Paperback)

by Tom Armstrong (Author)

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Product Description
Learn how to incorporate, create, and customize ActiveX controls with Designing and Using ActiveX Controls. The book covers the fundamentals of Microsoft's Component Object Model, the Microsoft Foundation Class Libraries, ActiveX control automation with Internet Explorer, complex graphical and non-visual controls, and developing reusable components with Visual C++. The CD includes over 30 reusable custom components plus all the source code from the book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 629 pages
• Publisher: M & T Books (December 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558515038
• ISBN-13: 978-1558515031
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #808,555 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ActiveX and MFC? Buy this book..., October 2, 1998

By A Customer

For a great resource of how to develop activex controls with MFC...this is the book.

MFC makes getting started in ActiveX controls easy... but these's a world of details that can have you pulling your hair out...don't go that route...get this book. I bought this after a year of developing many MFC controls - and I still found this book usefull.

Check out the author's ATL book also!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have Book!!!, March 29, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Burlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews

Tom Armstrong's development of a simple class that grows up to be an automation control is very straight forward. The clear logical progression is well supported by the accompanying source code that I compiled and worked with as I traversed through the book. I was able to apply the techniques directly in creating my own activeX control for use with our product. There are a few improvements that should be incorporated into the next edition: 1. A proof- reader needs to be hired...too many typeos...Figure 6.5 on p.256 is not even readable. 2. A small "snippet" of detailed usage intructions for certain utilities like the ActiveX Control Pad presented in Chap12. Otherwise a keeper!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best ActiveX book that I have ever read!!, August 26, 1998

By A Customer

ActiveX is by no means an easy topic to understand. However, if you are determined to wade into ActiveX anyway this is about the best introduction to the subject that you will find. The author takes you through the material with clear and concise instruction and touches upon COM, Automation, ActiveX and ATL. If you are an advanced COM programmer info dont bother with this book, but if you are looking for a introduction to ActiveX that you might actually understand, this book is absolutely the best I've ever seen.