COM and ActiveX Object Services

The COM and ActiveX Objects node contains information that will help you develop object-oriented applications or components. The following overviews are included in this node:

• COM
  • The Component Object Model
  • COM Clients and Servers
  • Error Handling
  • Monikers
  • Connectable Objects
  • Structured Storage
  • Asynchronous Storage
  • Data Transfer
  • Property Pages and Property Sheets
  • Class Store
  • Compound Documents
  • ActiveX Controls
  • Component Categories Manager Implementation
  • Defining COM Interfaces
  • URL Open Stream Functions
  • COM Tutorial Samples
• Component Development
• Automation
  • Overview of Automation
  • Exposing ActiveX Objects
  • Accessing ActiveX Objects
  • Standard Objects and Naming Guidelines
  • Dispatch Interface and API Functions
  • Data Types, Structures, and Enumerations
  • Conversion and Manipulation Functions
  • Type Libraries and the Object Description Language
  • Type Description Interfaces
  • Type Building Interfaces
  • Error Handling Interfaces
• Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0
• MIDL