Richard Grimes Books

The Active Server Library (ATL) is a tool that simplifies the creation of COM components. The latest version , ATL 3.0, marks the blossoming of ATL as a technology. It now covers the entire spectrum of COM applications. COM is the grand unifying technology on Microsoft platforms, providing the core infrastructure for this and the next generation of Windows. ATL is simply the best way to create COM components, combining flexibility and ease of use with great performance. We'll show you how to get started with COM and ATL. More than that, we'll show you how to create useful controls as we back up the theory with ambitious examples in every chapter.

ATL is the Active Template Library, a set of template-based C++ classes designed for creating COM components. ATL is part of Microsoft Visual C++. This book is for advanced C++ developers with some experience of COM who need to understand how to get the best from the latest release of ATL.

§ Fully revised and updated according to the specific needs of your high attainers, with appropriate language and content. § A wealth of questions in each of the text books challenge, reinforce and consolidate learning. § The structures support a condensed two year Key Stage three and are ideal preparation for GCSEs or IGCSE. § Practical Resource and Assessment Packs provide teachers with additional support for practical work, assessment, end of unit tests and extension work.