The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook

The .NET and COM Interoperability Handbook will help you move your Windows(-based software into the future without abandoning the investments you've already made. Writing from the perspective of the experienced COM/COM+ developer, Alan Gordon offers the most realistic, in-depth coverage of .NET/COM interoperability ever presented. He illuminates all your .NET/COM interoperability options, offering practical advice for both migration and long-term coexistence.

• What COM/COM+ developers must know first about .NET/COM interoperability
• Using the .NET/COM interoperability resources built into Visual Studio .NET
• Calling COM/COM+ components from .NET
• Calling .NET components from Win32/COM applications
• Using COM+ Services from .NET applications
• Turning your COM+ applications into an XML Web Service without writing any code
• Understanding the impact of COM apartment threading on .NET performance
• Overcoming mismatches between COM reference counting and .NET garbage collection
• Interop marshaling, ActiveX controls, .NET remoting, and much more

Contents

• What's in a Name?
• Comparing COM and .NET
• Exploring the CLR
• A Quick Introduction to C#
• Using Visual Studio .NET
• An Introduction to COM Interop
• Advanced .NET to COM Interop
• Advanced COM to .NET Interop
• Using COM+ (Enterprise Services)
• XML Web Services
• .NET Remoting
• Migration and Interop Strategies