Create ActiveX control using .NET

[Craig Pennington]

I have many ASP pages that I cannot immediately convert to
ASP.NET. I would like to make use of .NET, particularly
C#, to develop new code that I would need to access from
those unconverted pages. The new code would not use any
control objects and would only be used in server-side ASP
JavaScript code.

Can I create a component in .NET and access it as an
ActiveX component using "new ActiveXObject()"
or "Server.CreateObject()"?

There is lots of info on the opposite -- using existing
COM objects in .NET pages, but I have yet to find a way to
create an "ActiveX wrapper" for a .NET component.

 

[Michael Giagnocavo [MVP]]

Hi. What you need to do is "Expose .NET Framework Components to COM":

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../cpconexposingnetframeworkcomponentstocom.asp

Basically you be careful on what types you create, add some attributes, and
register the assembly for com (regasm.exe).

-mike
MVP