Re: COM Apartments - Message Loops

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:16:12 -0400
Message-ID:
<O03hlLR#GHA.3312@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
Volker Hetzer <firstname.lastname@ieee.org> wrote:

Igor Tandetnik schrieb:

Ron Ayoub <ronaldayoub@yahoo.com> wrote:

In that case, the literature that
claims one thread per STA is also wrong or misleading in some
manner.


The literature is correct in this regard.

Just to butt in, what literature?


Whichever literature claims that only one thread can belong to any given
STA.

I'm in the beginning of learning COM programming, got Essential COM
and ATL internals but I need something much simpler to start with.


The following books are often recommended:

"Inside COM"
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Microsoft-Programming-Dale-Rogerson/dp/1572313498

"Beginning ATL COM Programmming"
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Atl-Com-Programming/dp/1861000111

"Professional ATL COM Programming "
http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Atl-Programming-Richard-Grimes/dp/B0000B0T0K

I haven't personally read any of these.
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