Mr. Bunny's Guide to Active X, by Carlton Egremont III, Addison Wesley Longman, ISBN: 0-201-48536-2.

Mr. Bunny's Guide to Active X is groundbreaking in the field of computer literature. It teaches Microsoft's Active X technology in the context of a children's story. As the description on the back cover declares, "You will actually learn Active X by reading out loud to your children at bedtime!"

I admit, I was sceptical at first. Sure, Mr. Bunny's adventures teaching Farmer Jake how to build active context into his Windows applications and web pages is entertaining for kids of all ages, but what about the technical content? To my surprise, I found that the book presents a great breadth of useful information. As Active X neophytes, Farmer Jake and I learned about components, the architecture of COM, how virtual functions and DLLs work, the Windows Registry, how to use Visual Basic to create forms and Active X Controls, how Active X controls work, HTML, and how to embed a control in a web page. And with the book weighing in at around 100 pages, Mr. Bunny doesn't load readers down with a lot of details that they may never use.

Having an idea density rivaling that of Godel, Escher, and Bach and subtle humor like that of The World's Stupidist IQ Test, Mr. Bunny's Guide to Active X is ideal for anyone wanting to begin learning Active X and/or anyone wanting to read children a fantasy adventure story involving the latest software technology and a talking bunny rabbit. For more information, visit http://www.mrbunny.com/.

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