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reply BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
Hi,
Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
in D.
Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

Something along :
class Component : IDispatch
{
}

instead of :

class Component : IUnknown
{
}

and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

Thank's for enlighten me.
björn
Jul 23 2009
next sibling parent reply Frank Benoit <keinfarbton googlemail.com> writes:
BLS schrieb:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?
 
 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }
 
 instead of :
 
 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }
 
 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???
 
 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn



in dwt there is that ole package, I think this shows how to do it.
Jul 23 2009
parent BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
Frank Benoit wrote:

 BLS schrieb:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn



 in dwt there is that ole package, I think this shows how to do it.



Thanks Frank,
guess the DWT OLE package is more OLE consumer orientated. probably I am 
wrong...will have a look. ( maybe, just read the msg from John C. .. not 
really encouraging ) , nevertheless :) thanks again, björn
Jul 23 2009
prev sibling parent reply div0 <div0 users.sourceforge.net> writes:
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BLS wrote:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?
 
 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }
 
 instead of :
 
 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }
 
 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???
 
 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn



Just implementing IDispatch doesn't make a COM component an ActiveX
Control. IDispatch is used as a calling interface for older scripting
languages like VB6.

ActiveX controls have to implement a whole bunch of interfaces.
They are a right arse ache to do and I can highly recommend staying
clear of it.

If you are really interested:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa268985(VS.60).aspx

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Jul 23 2009
parent BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
div0 wrote:

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 BLS wrote:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn



 Just implementing IDispatch doesn't make a COM component an ActiveX
 Control. IDispatch is used as a calling interface for older scripting
 languages like VB6.



like Java script :)

IDispatch + all the registerWTF thingies  ?

 
 ActiveX controls have to implement a whole bunch of interfaces.
 They are a right arse ache to do and I can highly recommend staying
 clear of it.
 
 If you are really interested:
 
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa268985(VS.60).aspx
 



Thanks for the pointer!


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