Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic® 6.0- Part 4 CBT Training CD

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Summary: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications ...
Review: Course Overview
This is the fourth course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions.

Learn To

Identify the ACID properties of an Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) transaction.
Build MTS components using various Visual Basic methods.
Identify the different types of MTS errors and debug MTS components.
Work with advanced client/server technologies.

Audience
This course is designed for programmers using Visual Basic 6.0 and are currently building desktop applications and accessing corporate databases. Participants should have completed the first three courses in this series.

Deployment Options
e-Learning

Accreditation
NASBA credits: 4 CPE Credits
CEU credits: 0.70 CEUs

Language Options
Chinese, US English

Total Learning Time
6 to 8 hours

Objectives
Unit 1: MTS Transaction Services 2 - 3 hours

Match the ACID properties of a Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) transaction with their purpose.
Identify the properties of a context object for an MTS component.
Set the transaction attribute for an MTS component by using the MTS Explorer.
Create an MTS object by using a context object.
Identify the appropriate COM method used for creating an MTS object in a given situation.
Notify MTS about the status of a transaction by using the ObjectContext methods.
Enable MTS objects for transactions by using the ObjectContext methods.
Identify the guidelines for managing the state of an object.
Identify the best method of storing object state in a specified situation.
Identify the guidelines for connection pooling.
Match the object in the Shared Property Manager (SPM) object hierarchy with their uses.
Create a shared property group by using SPM objects.

Unit 2: Debugging and Error Handling 2 - 3 hours

Identify the methods used to handle the different errors that can occur in a Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) application.
Debug an MTS component.
Identify the considerations when debugging an MTS component.
Display the events used by an MTS transaction by using MTS Spy.
Display the Application Log pertaining to MTS events by using Windows NT Event Viewer.
Display the information generated by the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) by using a transaction window.
Identify the guidelines for improving the efficiency of MTS objects.

Unit 3: Advanced Client/Server Technologies 2 hours

Identify the types of communication to be used in a given scenario.
Identify the features of Microsoft Message Queue Server (MSMQ).
Sequence the steps taken by MSMQ to send and receive messages.
Identify the features of the MSMQ clients.
Create a queue by using the MSMQ Explorer.
Write the code to send a message by using the MSMQ objects.
Write the code to receive a message by using the MSMQ objects.
Match the MSMQ security types with their functions.
Identify the advantages of server clustering.
Identify the functions of the MSCS phases.
Match the SNA Server components with the functionality that they provide.