COM/MTS Guide

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1. Overview

• What is COM and DCOM?
• What is MTS?
• COM Features
• Unique Identifiers
• Defined Interfaces
• Client Access
• Deployment Options
• COM/MTS Applications

2. Starting Development

• Preparing the Development Workstation
• Preparing for Application Development
• Accessing Databases
• Development clients
• Application clients
• COM Components

3. Building COM Components

• Creating Service Components
• Defining the Component's Interface
• Defining Methods
• How to Add a New Method
• Specifying the Return Type
• Specifying the Parameters
• Implementing the Method
• Defining Properties
• How to Add a New Property
• Defining the COM Settings
• Application Directory
• Version Number
• CLSID
• DLL Template
• Implementing Methods
• Implementing Methods in JPL
• JPL Variables
• Implementing Methods in C
• Implementing Methods in Java
• Saving as a COM Component
• Logging Server Messages
• How to Activate Message Logging
• Calling Other COM Components
• Programming Component Events
• Programming for MTS Deployment
• Sample COM Components

4. Building Client Screens

• Working with COM Components
• Instantiating COM Components
• Destroying COM Components
• Accessing the Component's Methods
• Specifying the method's parameters
• Determining the parameter's data type
• Calling Microsoft's COM Components
• Accessing the Component's Properties
• Designating an Error Handler
• Designating an Event Handler
• Sample Client Screens
• Writing a Java Event Handler

5. Deploying COM Components

• Steps for Deployment
• Create an Application Directory
• Changing the Library Name
• Accessing Libraries
• Install the Panther DLLs
• Register the COM Component
• For COM Deployment
• For DCOM Deployment
• Configuring DCOM
• For MTS Deployment
• Registering Components for MTS
• Create a Component Package
• Install the Component on the Server
• How to Install the Component under MTS
• How to Unregister a Component
• Assign Roles for Component Access
• Export the Component to Clients
• Using Database Transactions

A. COM/MTS Utilities

• makedlls

B. COM Samples

• How to Install the COM Samples
• How to Configure Database Access for the COM Samples
• How to View the COM Samples

• Description of the COM Samples

C. New Windows Executables

• Client and Web Application Broker Executables
• How to Create a New Panther Executable
• Specifying the Executables
• Linking in the Database
• Changing the Panther COM Template DLL

D. Deployment Checklist

E. Troubleshooting Guide

• Error Message Listing

Index