Microsoft Transaction Server API

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

You can use the MTS application programming interface (API) to develop scalable and robust applications that take advantage of the features of the MTS run-time environment, and to automate administration of packages and components.

Developing Client Applications

Client applications that run outside the MTS run-time environment create MTS objects by using the standard COM library functions (CoCreateInstance in C++; the Visual Basic CreateObject method performs the same function).

Developing Components

If you are developing MTS components (server components that will be registered in the MTS run-time environment), you can use the MTS IObjectContext, ISharedPropertyGroupManager, ISharedPropertyGroup, and ISharedProperty interfaces to:

• Declare that an object's work is complete
• Prevent a transaction from being committed
• Create other MTS objects
• Include the work of other objects within the scope of the current object's transaction
• Determine if a caller is in a particular role
• Determine if security is enabled

Automating MTS Administration

You can automate administration of packages and components using the MTS administrative objects. Using Visual Basic, Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), or any other Automation-compatible language, you can automate procedures in the MTS Explorer that range from installing a prebuilt package to enumerating through related collections.

See Also

Roadmap to the MTS Administrator’s Guide, MTS Overview and Concepts,MTS Reference, MTS Administrative Reference