Asp internals

Because the source code for ASP is not openly available, author Jon Flanders has created an ASP clone, Active COM Pages (ACP). In revealing its source code, he provides a view under the hood of ASP so developers can finally see and understand how it works and how they can most effectively work with it.

ASP Internais covers each aspect of the ASP runtime. It demonstrates ASP integration with COM+ transactional services. And, most important, it shows readers how COM objects are created and interact with ASR

OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS INCLUDE:

How ASP is translated to and from the HTTP protocol - ASP IIS, and ISAPI, including threads, security, and the Web Application Manager - Active Scripting, with an explanation of how to add named objects to running scripts - ASP's IResponse and IRequest interfaces and how they interact with HTTP through ISAPI - ASP state management at the session and application levels, and related performance issues - How ASP and the Scripting Engine integrate with COM e ASP integration with COM+ transactional services - ASP's built-in internationalization features, including a look at Unicode

Contents :

• Introduction
  
• IIS and ISAPI
  
• Active Scripting
  
• Wrapping HTTP
  
• State Management
  
• Iserver and Components
  
• Transactions
  
• Internationalization
  
• Appendix ASP to ISAPI to http
  
• Index