Explore COM Interoperability, also known as COM Interop. COM Interop is the means to which COM objects can be used in a .NET application and how .NET objects can be built to appear to be COM objects.

Explore how to build an object in .NET that can log information to a file or the event log.

Retrieving application settings is a pretty common task that falls under the category of another of those tedious and repetitive tasks that programmers have to deal with. Explore a way to eliminate this tedious programming task through a combination of technologies.

In the latest CodeGuru .NET Nuts '& Bolts column, Mark covers encrypting data using the cryptography classes available through the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Remoting is a more efficient means than Web Services for allowing programs to interact. Learn how remoting differs from Web Services and other technologies. More importantly, learn how to implement remoting.

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