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Nikkita
Software such as Excel or Word exposes a COM object model which allows
them to be automated by any language that can call COM objects.
As I understand it, I can do the same in VB6 by writing an Activex EXE.
Such a program can have a GUI which will be accessed by users in the
normal way as well as exposing a COM object model.
How can I do the .Net equivalent in VB.Net? According to VB.Net help, the
VB.Net equivalent of an Activex EXE is a Class Library. But a Class
Library project doesn't appear to allow me to choose a starting point -
it's only intended to export objects to be called from elsewhere. This is
all very well but how do I write a program in VB.Net with a GUI which can
also export its object model to allow it to be automated/consumed by other
programs?
them to be automated by any language that can call COM objects.
As I understand it, I can do the same in VB6 by writing an Activex EXE.
Such a program can have a GUI which will be accessed by users in the
normal way as well as exposing a COM object model.
How can I do the .Net equivalent in VB.Net? According to VB.Net help, the
VB.Net equivalent of an Activex EXE is a Class Library. But a Class
Library project doesn't appear to allow me to choose a starting point -
it's only intended to export objects to be called from elsewhere. This is
all very well but how do I write a program in VB.Net with a GUI which can
also export its object model to allow it to be automated/consumed by other
programs?