ActiveX controls are a Microsoft technology that allows developers to reuse components. The ActiveX Template Library (ATL) is a C++ library of class and function templates. ATL is a faster, easier-to-learn alternative to Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), that allows Windows programmers to produce compact code quickly. 
This book provides practical solutions for programmers, and explains these solutions on a detailed, technical level -- keeping the technology in a real-world context that many books lack. Programmers will learn how to create new ActiveX controls using ATL, and how to modify the thousands of available ActiveX controls to fit specific needs. 
Written by well-respected writer and teacher Brent Rector along with DevelopMentor's Chris Sells, the content of this book has been taught in courses for the Technology Exchange Company and Wise Owl Consulting. The book covers the latest version of ATL, 2.1, a major revision.

Atl Internals

Computers & Technology

Sells, Chris

Rector, Brent

Operating Systems

Addison-Wesley

Target Audience: Professional DevelopersAbout the Technology: Windows XP is the grand finale to a product and technology arc that started with Windows 95 and Windows NT. Windows XP combines the experience, robustness, and compatibility of the existing product lines into a single platform that is great for businesses, consumers, and partners alike. Longhorn delivers new scenarios for knowledge workers and a new application platform based on .NET in new form factors like Tablet PC that will take the PC where it has never been before. Central to this Client OS is the revision and upgrade of all the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to take advantage of the ""managed code"" of the .NET Framework, along with updated and enhanced User Interface features which represent the latest thinking in user experience design techniques

Introducing Microsoft WinFX: The Application Programming Interface for the Next Generation of Microsoft Windows Code Name ""Longhorn""

Microsoft Press

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