Inside ISAPI (Paperback)

~ Jeffrey Trent (Author), Jim Clemens (Author), Kevin Clements (Author, Editor)

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Product Description

ISAPI is the server API responsible for handling CGI scripting requests. Active X is Microsoft's alternative to CGI, and this guide will give programmers an introduction to the Active X environment and its use in programming for the Internet. The CD includes many useful starter CGI-type scripts as well as program examples from the book.

From the Publisher

This book teaches users how to extend the capabilities of Microsoft's Web server with Microsoft's hot new CGI product. - Shows users how to analyze who comes to their Web site, where they go, and what they access

- Explains how to make the transition from the UNIX environment

- CD-ROM includes useful starter CGI-type scripts and program examples from the book

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562056506
• ISBN-13: 978-1562056506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,033,254 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK for filters, doesn't explain extensions, June 29, 1998

By A Customer

On the positive side, the book does describe how ISAPI filters work.

On the negative side, it doesn't explain at all how ISAPI extensions work (and most will write far more extensions than filters). ALL of the stuff on ISAPI extensions is built on MFC or Delphi code, which aim to hide the mechanics from the programmer. The issue of how ISAPI extensions work is waved off by the author as drudgery. Drudgery it may be, but it is the topic the book claims to address but doesn't.

I would give the book one star rating out of sheer frustration with the extensions material, but some would find the filter stuff useful, so I'm forgoing a completely negative review.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The SMTP chapter lacks full source code, August 30, 2001

By	Jim Postilion "jimpostilion" (Arlington Heights, IL USA) - See all my reviews

The book DOES NOT contain any source code for interfacing with SMTP - only a "MailTo" library function call. The CD-Rom does include the necessary library and corresponding header file to get a clean compile, however good luck getting it to run with a newer version of C++. As with most chapters in the book, the author makes sure you know where to go to buy the commercially available upgrades. I found this book to be totally useless and just a tease to buy other products.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Few chapters are good, few are not about ISAPI, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

I used chapters 9-11, they are very good and useful. I think there are few more interesting things. I do not know why authors put a lot of info about IDC, ASP and other junk in the book about ISAPI. Also, I'm not happy with Delphi framework chapters .