Andrew Troelsen is a partner, trainer, and consultant at Intertech Inc., and is a leading authority on both .NET and COM. His book "Pro C# 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform" won the prestigious 2003 Referenceware Excellence Award and is in its third edition. Also of note are his earlier five-star treatment of traditional COM in the bestselling "Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL" mirrored in his book, "COM and .NET Interoperability", and his top-notch investigation of VB .NET in "Visual Basic .NET and the .NET Platform: An Advanced Guide". Troelsen has a degree in mathematical linguistics and So...