Developer s Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 provides in-depth treatment of COM and shows how to adopt a component framework, namely ATL, to help reduce the burden of repetitive code. The book is divided into five sections, each focusing on a particular aspect of COM and ATL development. The author illustrates the CASE tools used during the development of ATL and discuss the apartment, COM exceptions, object identity, and housing components, in addition to other advanced concepts such as categories of COM and tear-off interface.