Web programming with ASP and COM

Web Programming with ASP and COM emphasizes the importance of both technologies in an easy-to-read tutorial format. This book covers the fundamental concepts of ASP and COM, and quickly gets the programmer up to speed building Web applications.

Key topics include:

• Basics of Active Web programming
  
• The VBScript programming language
  
• Fundamentals of ASP and the debugging of applications
  
• Working with databases and ActiveX Data Objects
  
• Introduction to COM objects and the Active Template Library (ATL)
  
• Automation
  
• Introduction to Microsoft(r) Transaction Server (MTS), Active Directory, and Microsoft Message Queues
  
• Securing ASP applications

This thorough, approachable resource shows you the power and flexibility of using ASP and COM together. If you are a Web application developer looking for a down-to-earth introduction to the construction of ASP Web applications using COM components, you need this book.

The accompanying CD-ROM includes extensive code examples used in the book, along with compiled, ready-to-run COM components.

Table of contents

The Active Server Platform

The VBScript Programming Language

Fundamentals of Active Server Pages

Working with Databases and ActiveX Data Objects

Using COM Objects in Active Server Pages

Introduction to Com Architecture and the Active Template Library

Advanced COM: Exploring Automation, COM/ATL Data Type, and Error Reporting

A Primer on Microsoft Transaction Server Active Directory, and Microsoft Message

Securing Your ASP Application

Appendix

Index