FILE: White Paper on Developing Advanced ActiveX Controls

 Last reviewed: November 11, 1997
Article ID: Q175970
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 5.0: A Guide to the Perplexed," published by Ziff-Davis Press. The white paper discusses developing advanced ActiveX controls using Visual Basic.

MORE INFORMATION

The white paper is available for download as a self-extracting Word document from the Microsoft Software Library: 

 ~ axctrl.exe (size: 37962 bytes)
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
The following topics are discussed:
  • Introduction
  • When should you create an ActiveX control?
  • Starting out with ActiveX controls - Design your control - The Four Control Models - See the Wizards - Learn the Fundamentals
  • Building Advanced Controls - Persistence can go beyond properties - Databinding can go beyond standard control data binding - Interface extensions
  • Conclusions 
Keywords          : vb5all VBKBComp VBKBCtrl
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbfile

================================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Last reviewed: November 11, 1997
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.