Description: This book will capture the essence of Interface Definition Language (IDL), providing in-depth description of IDL, its evolution, and its application to COM development projects. Essential IDL takes a top-down approach, starting with interfaces then drilling down into simple data types, complex types, pointers and arrays, finishing with aliasing and more esoteric IDL constructs. The second half of the book is a complete reference guide to all data types, modifiers, keywords and attributes in COM IDL. Client and server side examples are provided throughout the book in C++ and, where appropriate, in Visual Basic.

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