White Paper on Developing Advanced ActiveX Controls (175970)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 5.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 5.0
This article was previously published under Q175970

SUMMARY

This white paper is an excerpt from the book "Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 5.0: A Guide to the Perplexed," published by Ziff-Davis Press. The white paper discusses developing advanced ActiveX controls using Visual Basic.

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The following topics are discussed:
  • Introduction
  • When should you create an ActiveX control?
  • Starting out with ActiveX controls

    1. Design your control
    2. The Four Control Models
    3. See the Wizards
    4. Learn the Fundamentals
  • Building Advanced Controls

    1. Persistence can go beyond properties
    2. Databinding can go beyond standard control data binding
    3. Interface extensions
  • Conclusions
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