Dan Appleman's developing ActiveX components with Visual Basic 6

Table of contents :

Introduction ..... 2
Part I: Core Technologies

Chapter 1: ActiveX Myths ..... 14
Chapter 2: ActiveX: A Historical (but Technical) Perspective ..... 20
Chapter 3: Objects and Visual Basic ..... 42
Chapter 4: The Component Object Model: Interfaces, Automation,
and Binding ..... 68
Chapter 5: Aggregation and Polymorphism ..... 96
Chapter 6: The Life and Times of an ActiveX Component ..... 124
Chapter 7: ActiveX Components: What's in a Name? ..... 154

Part II: Code Components

Chapter 8: The Project ..... 168
Chapter 9: Creating and Testing Components ..... 200
Chapter 10: Code and Classes: Beyond the Manuals ..... 230
Chapter 11: Events ..... 264
Chapter 12: Collecting Objects ..... 286
Chapter 13: Object Lifetime ..... 316
Chapter 14: Multithreading ..... 354
Chapter 15: Bringing It All Together: The StockQuote Server ..... 396

Part III: ActiveX Controls

Chapter 16: ActiveX Control Fundamentals ..... 440
Chapter 17: The UserControl Object ..... 468
Chapter 18: The Extender and Ambient Objects ..... 512
Chapter 19: The Wonderful World of Properties ..... 540
Chapter 20: Property Pages and Others ..... 588
Chapter 21: ActiveX Controls and the Internet ..... 614
Chapter 22: Advanced Techniques ..... 652