DOCUMENT:Q174804 08-OCT-1997 [vbwin] TITLE :FILE:Whitepaper: Creating Highly-Scalable Server-Side Component PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS:vb5all ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Trends in Enterprise computing and the advent of the Inter/Intranet have made the use of server-deployed components increasingly desirable. By deploying business objects on Windows NT Servers and centralizing administration, organizations can streamline their deployment strategies, increase security, and lower the cost of ownership for these components. Many Microsoft products, including Internet Information Server, Microsoft Transaction Server, and DCOM, make such deployments easy to set up and administer. Microsoft Visual Basic, Professional and Enterprise Editions, Version 5.0 allows the rapid production, debugging, and deployment of components that fully utilize these server-side architectures. Specifically, Visual Basic 5.0, with its ability to produce "apartment multi-threaded" ActiveX components, allows the developer or system architect to step into the world of highly-scaleable server-deployed Enterprise solutions. This downloadable document demonstrates how to develop these kinds of systems. The document is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: ~ Vbthread.exe For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services You can also view this document at the following URL: - http://www.microsoft.com/vbasic/techinfo/vbthread.htm (c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Arsenio Locsin, Microsoft Corporation ====================================================================== Keywords : vb5all Version : WINDOWS:5.0 Platform : WINDOWS ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.