Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework

Introduction

During the beta for Windows 2000, Microsoft released a very exciting part of COM+ that would allow for the manipulation of disconnected data in memory. This technology—called IMDB (in-memory database)—promised to solve a host of problems associated with distributed database applications, as it meant that an application could connect to a data source, retrieve into memory the necessary data, disconnect from the data source, and then read from and manipulate the in-memory representation of the data without incurring constant round-trips to the data store or keeping the connection alive for long periods of time, thereby locking crucial data. Once finished with its work, the application could then connect the IMDB back to its data store ...