Inside Server-Based Applications (Mps General)

Douglas J. Reilly, Microsoft Pr

ISBN:1572318171, Edition: , 1999-11

Price: $49.99

Table of Contents

• Cover
  • LOC Page
• Dedication
• Preface
  • Who Should Read This Book?
  • About the Examples and the Companion CD-ROM
  • Overview
  • The Way I Work
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Server Basics
  • Chapter 1 -- Server-Based Development
    • What Is a Server?
    • The Growth of Server-Based Development
    • What Makes Server-Based Development Different?
    • Server-Based Applications
    • Win32 Support for Server-Based Programming
    • A Peek at SQL Server
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 -- Server-Based Development 101
    • Multitasking Basics
    • Multithreading
    • Synchronization Objects
    • Creating a New Thread
• Part II: Windows 2000 as a Server Platform
  • Chapter 3 -- The Service API
    • What Is the Service API?
    • Who Runs the Service?
    • Hello, Service API World!
    • A C++ Framework for Windows 2000 Services
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 -- Impersonation APIs
    • Windows 2000 Security Overview
    • Impersonation Basics
    • Classes of Impersonation
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 -- Event Logging
    • The Event Logging API
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 -- Remote Access Service API
    • RAS API Overview
    • An Example Using RasDial
    • Other Uses for RAS
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 -- Telephony API and the Messaging API
    • TAPI
    • MAPI
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8 -- The ODBC API
    • What ODBC Provides
    • ODBC Alternatives
    • ODBC Components
    • ODBC Classes
    • ODBC Traps and Pitfalls
  • Chapter 9 -- Active Server Pages
    • What Is an Active Server Page?
    • ASP Strengths
    • ASP Weaknesses
    • Objects Available in ASP Applications
    • Active Server Page Examples
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 10 -- Internet Server API (ISAPI)
    • DLL Review
    • ISAPI Overview
    • A Simple ISAPI Extension
    • Another Use for an ISAPI Extension
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 11 -- ISAPI Filters
    • ISAPI Filter Overview
    • A Sample ISAPI Filter
    • MFC ISAPI Filters
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 12 -- Client/Server Communication APIs
    • Can We Talk? How Clients and Servers Communicate
    • Dispatching Communication Requests
    • A Generalized Client Communication Class
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 13 -- Integrating with SQL Server
    • Transact-SQL
    • Conclusion
• Part III: Building Windows 2000 Server Applications
  • Chapter 14 -- A Traditional Service Application
    • A Network Monitor
    • Monitoring Task Functions
    • Conclusion
  • Chapter 15 -- Administering a Service Application on the Web
    • Using ASP to Monitor MonitorService
    • Using ISAPI to Monitor MonitorService
    • Conclusion
  • Appendix A -- Setting Up Virtual Directories in IIS
    • Conclusion
  • Appendix B -- Reacting to Service Failures
• Bibliography
• About the Author