Developing COM/ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 6: A Guide to the Perplexed

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Table of Contents

• Introduction 14
• Part I: Core Technologies 19
• Chapter 1: ActiveX Myths 20
• Chapter 2: ActiveX: A Historical (But Technical) Perspective 23
• Chapter 3: Objects and Visual Basic 37
• Chapter 4: The Component Object Model: Interfaces, Automation, and Binding 54
• Chapter 5: Aggregation and Polymorphism 71
• Chapter 6: The Life and Times of an ActiveX Component 90
• Chapter 7: ActiveX Components: What’s in a Name? 110
• Part II: Code Components 116
• Chapter 8: The Project 117
• Chapter 9: Creating and Testing Components 138
• Chapter 10: Code and Classes: Beyond the Manuals 157
• Chapter 11: Events 181
• Chapter 12: Collecting Objects 196
• Chapter 13: Object Lifetime 216
• Chapter 14: Multithreading 241
• Chapter 15: Bringing It All Together: The StockQuote Server 269
• Part III: ActiveX Controls 296
• Chapter 16: ActiveX Control Fundamentals 297
• Chapter 17: The UserControl Object 314
• Chapter 18: The Extender and Ambient Objects 341
• Chapter 19: The Wonderful World of Properties 359
• Chapter 20: Property Pages and Others 391
• Chapter 21: ActiveX Controls and the Internet 406
• Chapter 22: Advanced Techniques 430
• Part IV: ActiveX Documents 476
• Chapter 23: ActiveX Document Fundamentals 479
• Chapter 24: ActiveX Documents and the Internet 488
• Chapter 25: Versioning 500
• Chapter 26: Licensing and Distribution 508
• Chapter 27: IIS Applications 517
• Chapter 28: A Matter of State 530
• Conclusion 551