COM Via VFP6

[tom10]

I am deveoping an application which requires to address an Active X control provided by another application.

This is provided via an EXE (ie. out-of-session)

I am able to see via the class browser all the function calls that the Active X provides by opening the type library file that came with the SDK.

I have used CreatObject to instantiate but nothing happens. Can you suggest what might be wrong.

This is my first attempt to use COM.

Thanks in advance


Tom Macaulay

 

[rgbean]

COM servers, and ActiveX controls are really two different types of files (EXE/DLL vs. OCX).
Can you provide a sample of the code that isn't working. When you say "nothing happens", what does that mean? Usually you'll get some sort of OLE or COM error if the CREATEOBJECT() doesn't work.

Rick

 

[perryf]

Tom,

Have you done any Office Automation? Instantiating an Object thru CreateObject, only makes the methods and properties of the object available. Nothing is supposed to directly happen after the CreateObject line. But you will now have access to the Com Component.

Perry