In the first of a two-part series, Jeff Prosise covers the all-important issues of COM security in terms of activation security and access security.
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COM Security Primer, Part II
In the second of a two-part series Jeff Prosise focuses on remote server process identity and authentication.
Understanding COM Apartments, Part I
In the first part of a two-part series on COM apartments, Jeff Prosise describes what apartments are, why they exist, and how to avoid the problems that they introduce.
Undocumented MS Stock Property Pages In VC5
Undocumented MS Stock Property Pages In VC5
Listing All Registered ActiveX Controls
Shows how to use COM to list all registered ActiveX controls in a system.
Step by Step COM Tutorial
A step-by-step guide to creating COM components using Visual C++ - without the help of ATL or MFC
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

LINQ to Objects Refresher
LINQ is not only for database access; it’s useful in all manner of scenarios. Read this quick refresher to learn more.

Creating Simple Classes and Objects with Visual Basic
Learn how to create your own class and create objects representing that class using Visual Basic.
Working with State Machines in the .NET Framework
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.