About the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing Guide

Note: The OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing is available for use in the operating systems specified in "Platforms Supported by the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing" in this documentation. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions.

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing Guide provides information required to develop applications to access documents that reside on HTTP servers supporting the FrontPage Web Extender Client (WEC) or Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol extensions.

Using this guide applications can be developed using several different development tools and application programming interfaces including:

• C or C++ applications that use OLE DB to access internet documents stored on Web servers supporting the WEC or WebDAV protocol extensions.
• Microsoft® Visual Basic® applications that use ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO) to access internet documents stored on Web servers supporting the WEC or WebDAV protocol extensions.

To use this guide effectively, you should be familiar with:

• HTTP concepts
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
• One of the following operating environments:
  • Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0
  • Microsoft® Windows 2000®
  • Microsoft® Windows® 95
  • Microsoft® Windows® 98

Depending on the application programming interface and development tools used, you should be familiar with:

• Microsoft OLE DB 2.5
• Microsoft ADO 2.5

This guide covers the following topics about the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing:

• Getting Started
  Describes the platforms supported, as well as installation and configuration of the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing.
• Using the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing
  Describes the value of integrating OLE DB with web document access.
• URLMON Integration
  Describes the integration of URLMON with the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing.
• Programmers Reference for the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing
  Describes in detail the OLE DB objects and interfaces supported by the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing.
• ADO Object, Method, Property, and Collection Support
  Describes the ADO objects, methods, properties, and collections supported by the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing.
• SDK Components
  Describes the SDK components included with the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing.
• Sample Programs
  Describes the OLE DB and ADO sample programs included with the OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing SDK.

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