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COM Bundle

( WTB-119-180 )

Course Description

Course Offered in Partnership With DigitalThink

The COM Series provides students with a foundation in the Component Object Model (COM), COM servers, COM objects, and COM interfaces. Students will learn about COM architecture and components, how to use Visual C++ for create COM software objects, and how to implement reuse mechanisms when creating COM objects.

This course requires Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or 6.0. It also requires a computer running Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX. To complete the exercises, however, you must have access to a computer running Windows 95/98/NT.

This bundle is comprised of:

COM Fundamentals I

COM Fundamentals II

eMentoring Services are included with this course.

Course length: 20 hours

Course details
id: WTB-119-180
subscription duration: 180 days
list price: $ 800.00

Languages Offered

This course is currently available in English only.

Who Can Benefit

Programmers

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

Demonstrate a solid understanding of the following C++ concepts:

Classes and structures

Constructors

Inheritance and multiple inheritance

Virtual functions

Pure virtual functions

Develop Windows applications in C++ using the Win32 API and using MS Visual C++ 5.0 or 6.0

Demonstrate completion of Win32 Programming Bundle, or equivalent experience

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Describe the Component Object Model: COM servers, objects, and interfaces

Use basic COM programming technology, including interface pointers, IUnknown interface navigation, IUnknown reference counting, IClassFactory, the interface definition language (IDL), Microsoft IDL compiler (MIDL), and the Active Template library

Understand and use type libraries as part of the COM development process

Develop source code for a basic in-process COM objects/server and COM client using the ActiveX Template Library

Understand source code and binary-level reusability

Understand COM reusability mechanisms

Understand containment/delegation

Develop a COM object that reuses another COM object via containment/delegation

Understand aggregation concepts

Develop a COM object to support aggregation

Develop a COM object that aggregates another COM object

Develop a COM client that uses composite COM objects built from containment/delegation and aggregation