Chapter 12 -- Internet Programming

Chapter 12

About This Chapter

This chapter introduces you to some of the features of Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 that allow you to create Internet-based applications. You will learn how to use Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to create application user interfaces, and how to add Web browsing capabilities to your applications and components. You will learn how you can develop an application that creates ActiveX documents—documents that can be hosted by Microsoft Internet Explorer—for viewing and editing over the Web. You will also learn how to create Internet Server API (ISAPI) DLLs that enhance the services provided by Microsoft's Web servers: Internet Information Server (IIS) and Personal Web Server (PWS).

Before You Begin

Before you start this chapter, you should have read Chapters 2 through 11, and completed the exercises in the text. You should have Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher installed on your system, and should have installed IIS 4.0 (if you are running Microsoft Windows NT Server) or PWS (on Windows NT Workstation or Microsoft Windows 95/98), as described in the About This Book section of the introduction.