making an active x control from a form

[allyeric]

not sure if I am posting this in the right place ...<br><br>I have created an application in VB 6, and now the company wants to put it on the intranet.&nbsp;&nbsp;I understand that I need to make the forms into Active X controls to be able to do this.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have never done this before.&nbsp;&nbsp;If anyone can please point me in the right direction, or perhaps can even list a website that might help, it would be greatly appreciated.<br><br>Thanks in advance<br><br>allyeric

 

[Karl Blessing]

basically you start a new project, in your case, start an ActiveX Control project. It'll look like a blank form ('UserControl') without caption bar, just throw all your stuff onto that, all acts the same and etc, you can expos methods so that it can be interacted with programatically(ie: from another control perhaps), need any more information? <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[allyeric]

thanks kb, and yes I do need more information please.&nbsp;&nbsp;I created a user control, can I import that to frontpage? And, I want to link from one page to another - guess I do that through HTML, right?<br><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

an activeX control I belive can be included through the &lt;OBJECT&gt; tag. activeX isnt just for internet(is useful for internet since IE supports activeXs) it can be placed in amost any Microsoft development tool, think of it as porting your functionality. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[NickBulka]

If you have people who will be using Netscape to access your application,&nbsp;&nbsp;ActiveX controls and ActiveX documents are not a good choice, since their use is limited to IE, unless your Netscape users get a plug-in. <p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto:nick@bulka.com>nick@bulka.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

if you company wants to invest the time in future projects, I would recomend learning Java, so that you can user applets instead for web products, that way it'll be compatible with almost any browser, and operating system that supports Java<br>also making a Java aplication will be compatible with any Operating system, that is equiped with a java vm (considering that the java app doesnt try to access the memory directly or mess with the user's filesystem, which is usally restricted by the compiler to start with) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[allyeric]

thanks - I do know a little java - but the application was already created in VB, and I don't have alot of time left to get it on the intranet - there are more than 20 forms, and would take me too long to do them all as applets.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, I am looking for the quickest way to achieve my goal.&nbsp;&nbsp;It doesn't have to be the best way, just need to get in on the intranet for now - can change it later.

 

[Karl Blessing]

Well Good luck :} <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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</a><br>Experienced in , or have messed with : VC++, Borland C++ Builder, VJ++6(starting),VB-Dos, VB1 thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, Borland C++ 3(DOS), Borland C++ 4.5, HTML, ASP(somewhat), QBasic(least i didnt start with COBOL)