Platform SDK: Transaction Server

Sharing State

[This product will work only on Windows NT 4.0 versions and earlier. For Windows 2000 and later, see COM+ (Component Services).]

This chapter shows you how to use the Shared Property Manager to share state among multiple Microsoft Transaction Server objects running in the same process.

	Scenario: A Receipt Number Generator That Uses the Shared Property Manager Create a component that uses the Shared Property Manager to generate a unique receipt number for each bank transaction.
	Creating the Receipt Component Create a SharedProperty object to get a new receipt number, with appropriate isolation and release modes for this scenario.
	Application Design Notes: Sharing State by Using the Shared Property Manager Learn some of the advantages of using the Shared Property Manager to manage shared state within a process.