Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.276
EAN num: 9781562056506
ISBN number: 1562056506
Label: New Riders Publishing
Manufacturer: New Riders Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 592
Printing Date: 1997-03
Publishing house: New Riders Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 1835438
Studio: New Riders Publishing
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ISAPI is the server API responsible for handling CGI scripting requests. Active X is Microsoft's alternative to CGI, and this guide will give programmers an introduction to the Active X environment and its use in programming for the Internet. The CD includes many useful starter CGI-type scripts as well as program examples from the book.
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The book DOES NOT contain any source code for interfacing with SMTP - only a "MailTo" library function call. The CD-Rom does include the necessary library and corresponding header file to get a clean compile, however good luck getting it to run with a newer version of C++. As with most chapters in the book, the author makes sure you know where to go to buy the commercially available upgrades. I found this book to be totally useless and just a tease to buy other products.
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I used chapters 9-11, they are very good and useful. I think there are few more interesting things. I do not know why authors put a lot of info about IDC, ASP and other junk in the book about ISAPI. Also, I'm not happy with Delphi framework chapters .
Rated by buyers 
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On the positive side, the book does describe how ISAPI filters work.
On the negative side, it doesn't explain at all how ISAPI extensions work (and most will write far more extensions than filters). ALL of the stuff on ISAPI extensions is built on MFC or Delphi code, which aim to hide the mechanics from the programmer. The issue of how ISAPI extensions work is waved off by the author as drudgery. Drudgery it may be, but it is the topic the book claims to address but doesn't.
I would give the book one star rating out of sheer frustration with the extensions material, but some would find the filter stuff useful, so I'm forgoing a completely negative review.
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