ATL COM and MFC COM

[Kenny Mak]

Hello,
I am just beginner of VC COM programming. What is the different
between ATL COM and MFC COM Is ATL COM is more easier and powerful that
MFC COM ?
Can any one suggest a book for writing ATL COM or MFC COM program ?
Thank You

[Bill Burris]

Check my web site for my list of ATL books:
http://www.icrossroads.com/~spider/bookstore.html

My suggestion is to use ATL, you have more control over what you are
creating.

Bill
--
http://www.icrossroads.com/~spider ATL & COM Notebook

Kenny Mak <tc...@hkstar.com> wrote in message
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[Arjen de Blok]

With ATL you have indeed more control.
But if you have to make a lot of User Interface also, then MFC is much
easier.

Greetings,
Arjen de Blok.
MCP

Bill Burris wrote in message ...

[Gregory Junker]

One thing not mentioned is that COM is COM, no matter from where it comes
(MFC, ATL, C++, C, Java, VB, etc.). COM is a specification, not a mandate,
and whichever is a) best for the application and b) easier for you is what's
best for your situation.

If you are simply interested in easy GUI COM, check out VB or Java. GUI via
C++ is typically not nearly as painless...

greg

Kenny Mak wrote in message <01bed254$8e9b97c0$b702000a@ed_kenny>...

[Tim White]

If you already know mfc then I'd start with mfc. If you don't know mfc but
you know c++ very well and understand templates ATL might be the route.

I cannot really speak on authority I'm still in that cloud of com confusion
that one goes thru when learning com. I understand all the concepts but so
far I seem to be finding all the wrong ways to create a control.

Anyway I can reccommend a website that allows you to type in the name of the
book your looking for and it will show you best price on the web to buy it.
Its called www.bestbookbuy.com

[Bill Burris]

Arjen de Blok <arjen....@ict.nl> wrote in message
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> With ATL you have indeed more control.
> But if you have to make a lot of User Interface also, then MFC is much
> easier.

Use ATL for the COM part of your application and use MFC for the GUI part.

[Arjen de Blok]

That's also a good possibility if you know both ATL and MFC ( I do ).
But if you are a starter and have some deadlines for your code, then it's
not so good idea.

Arjen.

Bill Burris wrote in message <#smYj3$0#GA.252@cppssbbsa05>...

[Gregory Junker]

If you are a starter and have deadlines, you should not be deciding that
*now* is a good time to "learn" ATL _or_ MFC...neither of these is something
one can soak up over a weekend....

In that case, I would state that the listener should probably take a strong
(and I do mean STRONG) look at VB for their project, and learn ATL and/or
MFC in their spare time...

greg

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