Understanding ActiveX and OLE

Make informed business decisions about programming for Windows® and the Internet.It's your job to make strategic development and design decisions about new applications, Windows®, the Internet, and how they all interact. To do your job even better, get UNDERSTANDING ACTIVEX AND OLE. It shows you the strategic significance of the Component Object Model (COM) as the foundation for Microsoft's object technology. Easy to browse, with colorful illustrations and "fast track" margin notes, the book covers implementations of Microsoft's object model--from linking and embedding with OLE to tapping the amazing potential of ActiveX, the powerful new technology for the Internet. With UNDERSTANDING ACTIVEX AND OLE, you'll gain a firm conceptual grounding without extraneous details or implementation specifics. And you'll get a clear introduction to subjects such as:· The relationship among COM, OLE, and ActiveX· Sharing files among objects with Structured Storage· Using Monikers to identify objects· Moving information between applications with Uniform Data Transfer· Linking and embedding with OLE compound documents· ActiveX Controls, formerly known as OLE Controls—standards for reusable components