Chapter 1 Microsoft Certification Exams 1
The Exam Situation 2
Exam Layout And Design 4
Recognizing Your Test Type: Fixed-Length Or Adaptive 6
Exam-Taking Basics 8
Question-Handling Strategies 9
Mastering The Inner Game 9
Additional Resources 10
Chapter 2 Distributed Application Design 13
Design Issues 14
Creating A Conceptual Design 15
Creating A Logical Design 15
Creating A Physical Design 18
Practice Questions 23
Need To Know More? 26
Chapter 3 Configuring A Development Environment 27
Establishing Source Code Control 28
Using Visual Basic For Developing Distributed Applications 31
Configuring A System To Run MTS 34
Configuring MTS Client Systems 37
Practice Questions 38
Need To Know More? 42
Chapter 4 Implementing User Services 43
Understanding User Services 44
Validating Data 44
Creating Controls 54
Using COM Components 59
Binding To Data 65
Implementing Callbacks 69
Error Handling 74
Implementing Help 78
Practice Questions 81
Need To Know More? 88
Chapter 5 Creating Web-Based Clients 89
Basic Active Server Page Concepts 90
Active Server Page Built-In Objects 91
Using WebClass With IIS Applications 107
Creating Pages Using The DHTML Page Designer 111
Practice Questions 120
Need To Know More? 126
Chapter 6 Creating ActiveX Controls 127
User Control Template 128
Defining ActiveX Controls 128
Creating The User Interface 129
Exposing Properties,Methods,And Events 131
Testing And Debugging 135
Creating Property Pages 137
Enabling Data Binding 140
Controls As Data Sources 143
Practice Questions 147
Need To Know More? 153
Chapter 7 Creating An ActiveX Document 155
Defining An ActiveX Document 156
The Origins Of ActiveX Documents 156
Comparison With ActiveX Controls 157
Preview Of Building An ActiveX Document 158
The Anatomy Of An ActiveX Document 159
Creating An ActiveX Document 160
Using The UserDocumentTemplate 163
Primary UserDocument Events 164
Using The Hyper Link Object 167
Creating The User Interface 168
Exposing Document Properties 171
Persisting Document Properties 171
Testing And Debugging 172
Practice Questions 174
Need To Know More? 181
Chapter 8 Creating Business Services 183
Compiling Projects With Class Modules Into COM Components 184
Choosing Threading Models 196
Designing MTS-Enabled COM Components 198
Creating Packages In The MTS Explorer 205
Adding Components To An MTS Package 209
Limiting Component Use Through Roles 210
Component Version Compatibility 216
Practice Questions 218
Need To Know More? 223
Chapter 9 Implementing Data Services 225
Introduction To Data Services 226
Introduction To SQL 226
ActiveX Data Objects 234
Practice Questions 261
Need To Know More? 269
Chapter 10 Testing Strategies For Distributed Applications 271
Testing The Solution 272
Compiling Choices 272
Debugging Tools 280
Practice Questions 291
Need To Know More? 295
Chapter 11 Distributing Applications 297
Distribution Components 298
Packaging The Application 298
Deploying The Application 309
Distributed Application Issues 310
Managing Scripts 315
Practice Questions 317
Need To Know More? 322
Chapter 12 Maintaining Distributed Applications 323
Maintaining Your Application 324
Deployment Issues 324
Load Balancing 327
Versioning 330
Practice Questions 334
Need To Know More? 338
Chapter 13 Sample Test 339
Questions,Questions,Questions 340
Picking Proper Answers 340
Decoding Ambiguity 341
Working Within The Framework 342
Deciding What To Memorize 343
Preparing For The Test 344
Taking The Test 344
Chapter 14 Answer Key 371
Glossary 389
Index 399