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Summary: Source code not working
Review: If you want to learn ISAPI programming, getting this book might help little.
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Summary: Great Help!
Review: The book has all signs of being put together hastily. Even the installation is sloppy - doesn't let you select where to put the book and the on-line book text doesn't work - neither the location nor the booktext filename are correct in the install-created shortcut. On the other hand, it even though superficially, it does cover a lot of things, so if you need something simple, perhaps it's better coz otherwise you'd have to buy many books to get the same info (though these books, every one in its area, will be much better than this one.)
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Summary: Great book with great support.
Review: This book has been a great help for me. If it wasn't from the examples that the author put in there I would probably spent weeks until I find the solution of my problem. Also, I was impressed by the support that the author had with this book. I have sent him an email for some questions that I had about one of his examples and in the same day I had his reply with the solution I was looking for. I would recommend this book to everyone that is interested in this field.
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Summary: Great Help!
Review: This book is great help for people whose eyes are sore from looking at their monitors and are looking for a printed version of the MSDN, and for added value, you get useless comments in the middle of all this to help you go to sleep on those sleepless nights. On the up side, this book does have an inspiring contents page, but unfortunately falls short of the content itself. With all due respect to the Author, my only problem with this book is that there is not enough depth. Perhaps, they should try a part two called (Now lets discuss how apply these server based APIs to write cool server based applications) - there u go, you can have the title for free ;)
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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: This book is most usful for gaining a quick and clear understanding for writing NT services. I had almost no problem writing a heavy duty NT service after reading the first few chapters.Perhaps the bigest bonus is that Douglas Reilly answers his email! He chose to focus on named pipes for his completion port section (as did the other NT Services books I could find) and I needed the sockets architecture. He responded to my question almost immediately [Thanks, Mr. Reilly] and gave me references which eventually led to a solution for my programming problem. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a quick introduction to dealing with NT Services, writing Event Log messages (I did not even know there was a message compliler) and NT Registery. The book has much more, but I was only interested in those topics.
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Summary: Not enough depth!
Review: What drew me to the book was the chapter on ISAPI filter. I found the coverage on ISAPI filter disappointing as it does not go deep enough. Furthermore, the code for the example presented contains glaring errors. I have tried looking for information on where I may obtain corrections for the code errors but cannot find any in the book or CDROM. The book has breadth but more efforts should be made to weed out error before release of the book. Anyway, still worth a buy for anybody interested in server side programming for the broad coverage.
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Summary: The architecture of the future
Review: With the movement of enterprise developement towards Microsoft DNA, this book is a must for system architects. The book mainly outlines the important decisions necessary to tackle MTS and IIS development in a multi-tier solution. The book is not the best resource for a developer though as it doesn't present the 'how' to the detail level required. (VB) Developers, I suggest you also look at 'Programming Distributed Applications with COM and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0' and (to a lesser extent the associated training kit) 'Distributed Applications for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 MCSD Training Kit'. Future: Microsoft if making major changes in how to develop enterprise solutions in the next version of Visual Studio. Reviewer: Andrew Richards MCSD.
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