Course No. 399 - Five days
Implementing OLE in Microsoft Foundation Class Applications

This course is intended for application developers and Microsoft Foundation Class Library programmers who wish to implement OLE using MFC.

It presents OLE programming using Microsoft� Foundation Class Library (MFC) version 3.0. The course uses Microsoft Visual C++� development system version 2.0 on Microsoft Windows NT� Workstation operating system version 3.5.

The topics covered in this course are:

• Creating OLE component applications
• Creating OLE container applications
• OLE user-interface guidelines
• Resources for the OLE user interface
• OLE and the Registry
• OLE Automation
• Creating OLE Automation servers
• Creating OLE Automation controllers
• Creating OLE Controls
• OLE support for the Clipboard
• OLE support for drag-and-drop editing
• Pseudo-object applications
• OLE component object model (COM)
• Structured storage

At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Recognize and apply the basic elements of OLE implemented by MFC.
• Explain the architecture pertinent to OLE and the OLE component object model.
• Write simple, functional OLE applications that implement OLE component, OLE document, and OLE Automation features.
• Create simple OLE Controls.

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course helps you prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exams:

• Exam 70-025: Implementing OLE 2.0 in Microsoft Foundation Class Applications

Prerequisites

• Successful completion of the Windows�-Based Programming Using the Microsoft Foundation Class Library course or six months of recent experience writing MFC applications
• Working knowledge of Visual C++ tools: using AppWizard, using ClassWizard, working with projects, and editing resources
• Working knowledge of the Visual C++ application framework, including document/view architecture, command routing, and serialization
• Working knowledge of basic C++ syntax, including class definitions, member functions, abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism
• User-level familiarity with the Microsoft Windows operating system

Course Materials and Software

The course workbook and lab book and student CD are the student's to keep.

The following software will be provided for use in the classroom:

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
• Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 (32-bit compiler)