Axian - Fundamentals of ActiveX using ATL

Fundamentals of ActiveX using ATL Course Outline

COM overview and rationale

COM clients - concepts

COM clients - Class Factories

COM Servers - Implementing a in-process server

Interface Definition Language (IDL)

COM Servers - Implementing a Local Server, Standard and Custom marshalling

Intro to ATL, ATL rationale, philosophy and history, C++ template usage in ATL.

IDL - Interface definition language

ATL project - Anatomy of an in-process or executable ATL project, CComModule, ATL AppWizard, object maps

ATL object - Anatomy of a ATL object, Creation process, Core ATL classes, Interface maps, ATL object wizard

ATL object - Part II Class factories, aggregation

ATL utilities - CComPtr, CComQIPtr, registry scripts, debugging tips, ATLstring macros

ATL window classes

Automation, Concepts, type libraries, dual interfaces

Threading models

Persistence, Structured storage, IPersistXXX interfaces

Connection points

ActiveX controls