ActiveX development

[Steve Lloyd]

Hi,

This is a bit of lame question but is something I have been struggling with
for a while.

I am struggle to find a way to develop ActiveX components, I seem to
remember doing them in VS 6.0 but can't seem to find a way in .Net, I have
done the Windows Forms Controls inbedded in a web page but cannot get the
same sort of functionality as a ActiveX. What do I need to use to develop
one ?

Also, can anyone tell me what a Web Page Dialog is and how I can use them..
They look pretty handy...

Thanks for any info

Steve loyd

 

[Chris Calzaretta]

They took active x out of .net
you now have
windows controls
and
web controls

you can use a windows control like an active x control but the only problem
with that is the client machine must have full trust to the site for it to
work

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Steve,

In addition to Chris, have a look at this page (RichClient). Remember that
the end of the ActiveX was the lack of security. This is only to fulfil when
a lot of security options in the browser are set to accept it.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/06/rich/default.aspx

I hope this helps?

Cor

 

[Steve Lloyd]

Yeah, I have created some of those but the whole trust thing is a pain in
the bum, what other development packages can i use to write them.

Thanks

Steve

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Steve,

I am struggle to find a way to develop ActiveX components, I seem to
remember doing them in VS 6.0 but can't seem to find a way in .Net, I have
done the Windows Forms Controls inbedded in a web page but cannot get the
same sort of functionality as a ActiveX. What do I need to use to develop
one ?

In General, you cannot create ActiveX *controls* with .NET, but you can
create controls for use within Internet Explorer.

J# Browser Controls provide developers with a way to migrate their existing
Java applet source code to run within the context of the .NET Framework

<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=325a8f15-fe7b-4087-aa46-6d3e1b6108e0>

MSDN documentation link:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...ingJavaAppletsToMicrosoftJBrowserControls.asp>

For .NET 1.0, controls as ActiveX are only supported hosted in MS IE 5+6:

<URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;311334>
<URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;317346>

Using Windows Forms Controls in Internet Explorer:

<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/06/rich/rich.asp>