Wallace, a multi-platform programmer who has turned his knowledge recently toward writing technical manuals, has addressed this book to active programmers who are new to Component Object Model Programming (COM). The book covers how create any type of COM server; design COM elements in ATL, MFC, Visual J++ 6, and Visual Basic; and develop Active Server Pages components and Microsoft Transaction Server components on all four platforms. The enclosed CD-ROM includes applications that help in designing Web sites, as well as source code for the book's projects. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)