The .NET and COM interoperability handbook

✍ Scribed by Alan Gordon

• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 678
• Series: Integrated .NET series from Object Innovations and Prentice Hall PTR
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

.NET/COM interoperability in depth: comprehensive techniques and
strategies

The most in-depth guide to .NET/COM interoperability ever
published!

Covers every .NET/COM interop option, "gotcha," and
workaround

Offers practical strategies for .NET migration and long-term
.NET/COM coexistence

Compares .NET to COM and Java

Addresses many advanced issues, including Interop marshaling,
Primary Interop Assemblies, using ActiveX Controls from managed
code, using COM+ Services from managed code, converting your COM+
Applications to XML Web Services and .NET Remoting

The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook will help you move
your Windows(-based software into the future without abandoning the
investments you've already made. Writing from the perspective of
the experienced COM/COM+ developer, Alan Gordon offers the most
realistic, in-depth coverage of .NET/COM interoperability ever
presented. He illuminates all your .NET/COM interoperability
options, offering practical advice for both migration and long-term
coexistence. Coverage includes:

What COM/COM+ developers must know first about .NET/COM
interoperability

Using the .NET/COM interoperability resources built into Visual
Studio .NET

Calling COM/COM+ components from .NET

Calling .NET components from Win32/COM applications

Using COM+ Services from .NET applications

Turning your COM+ applications into an XML Web Service without
writing any code

Understanding the impact of COM apartment threading on .NET
performance

Overcoming mismatches between COM reference counting and .NET
garbage collection

Interop marshaling, ActiveX controls, .NET remoting, and much
more

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Preface. Acknowledgments. About This Series. 1. What's in a Name? Microsoft .NET. XML Web Services. XML. SOAP.The .NET Framework. The .NET Framework SDK. The CLR. MSIL. The .NET Framework Class Library. ADO.NET. ASP.NET. Windows Forms. Other Microsoft.NET Technologies. Stale .NET-Related Names. Comparing .NET to Java. Summary.2. Comparing COM and .NET. What is a Software Component? What Is a Software Bus? Life Cycle Management. Programming Language Independence. Location Transparency. Extensibility. Versioning. Summary.3. Exploring the CLR. Describing The CLR. Defining Managed Code and Managed Data. Types. Assemblies. MSIL. How the Runtime Locates Assemblies. Garbage Collection. Code Access Security. Summary.4. A Quick Introduction to C#. Getting Started with C#. Creating a Simple Hello World Application. Compiling and Linking the Hello World Application. The Basic Operators in C#. The Primitive Types Available in C#. Creating and Manipulating a String in C#. Creating and Using an Array in C#. Declaring classes in C#. Using Inheritance in C#. Flow of Control Constructs. Exception Handling in C#. Summary.5. Using Visual Studio .NET. Introduction. Summary.6. An Introduction to COM Interop. Introduction. COM Interop. Using COM Objects from .NET Clients. Using .NET Objects from COM Clients. Platform Invoke. Summary.7. Advanced .NET to COM Interop. Object Life Cycle Implications. Using COM Events in Managed Code. Using COM-Rich Error Information in Managed Code. Multithreading and COM Apartments. Primary Interop Assemblies. Advanced Interop Marshaling Considerations Using ActiveX Controls in Managed Code. Performance Considerations. Advanced Aspects of Pinvoke. Summary.8. Advanced COM to .NET Interop. Object Creation. Object Life-Cycle Implications. Overloaded Methods. COM Apartments. Using Types from the .NET Framework Class Library. Class Interfaces Revisited. Rich Error Information. Using Windows Forms Controls. ComVisible. Handling Managed Events from a COM Client. Deploying COM/Win32 Applications That Use .NET Components. Summary.9. Using COM+ (Enterprise Services). A Couple of Big Caveats. Creating a Serviced Component. Creating a Client. The Implementation of the Serviced Component Methods. Summary.10. XML Web Services. Web Services: The Big Picture. The ASP.NET Web Services Infrastructure. Creating a Simple Web Service. Creating and Consuming a Web Service with Visual Studio .NET. XML Web Services and Data. Returning Data Using a Dataset. Transactions. Summary.11. .NET Remoting. Why Do We Need .NET Remoting? .NET Remoting Architecture. Categories of Remotable Types. A Simple .NET Remoting Client and Server. Configuration. Code Organization. Soapsuds. Hosting Your Server in IIS. Interoperation Between COM+ and Web Services. Summary.12. Migration and Interop Strategies. Migration versus Interop. Vertical Migration. Horizontal Migration. Summary.Index.

✦ Subjects

Microsoft .NET Framework.;COM (Computer architecture)