How to package MFC controls in a Web page

CODEBASE="http://example.microsoft.com/somecontrol.ocx#version=4,70,0,1086"
				

CODEBASE="http://example.microsoft.com/doyoutrustme.inf"
				

CODEBASE="http://example.microsoft.com/acontrol.cab#version=1,2,0,0"
				

   <OBJECT ID="Spindial1" WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=200
   CLASSID="CLSID:06889605-B8D0-101A-91F1-00608CEAD5B3"
   CODEBASE="http://example.microsoft.com/spindial.cab#Version=1,0,0,001">

         <PARAM NAME="_Version" VALUE="65536">
         <PARAM NAME="_ExtentX" VALUE="2646">
         <PARAM NAME="_ExtentY" VALUE="1323">
         <PARAM NAME="_StockProps" VALUE="0">
         <PARAM NAME="NeedlePosition" VALUE="2">
   </OBJECT>
				

   C:\CabDevKit\cabarc.exe N spindial.cab spindial.ocx spindial.inf
				

   ; ========================= spindial.inf ========================

   ; This .inf file will control the installation of the MFC Spindial
   ; control. This control has been compiled with Visual C++ version 4.2.
   ; The FileVersion tags in the dependent DLLs section on this file
   ; reflect this requirement.

   [version]
   ; version signature (same for both NT and Win95) do not remove
   signature="$CHICAGO$"
   AdvancedINF=2.0

   [Add.Code]
   spindial.ocx=spindial.ocx
   ; These are the necessary supporting DLLs for MFC 4.2 ActiveX Controls
   mfc42.dll=mfc42.dll
   msvcrt.dll=msvcrt.dll
   olepro32.dll=olepro32.dll
   ; thiscab is a keyword which, in this case, means that Spindial.ocx
   ; can be found in the same .cab file as this .inf file
   ; file-win32-x86 is an x86 platform specific identifier
   ; See the ActiveX SDK - ActiveX Controls - Internet Component Download -
   ; Packaging component code for automatic download

   [spindial.ocx]
   file-win32-x86=thiscab
   ; *** add your controls CLSID here ***
   clsid={06889605-B8D0-101A-91F1-00608CEAD5B3}
   ; Add your ocx's file version here.
   FileVersion=1,0,0,001
   RegisterServer=yes

   ; dependent DLLs
   [msvcrt.dll]
   ; This is an example of conditional hook. The hook only gets processed
   ; if msvcrt.dll of the specified version is absent on client machine.
   FileVersion=4,20,0,6164
   hook=mfc42installer

   [mfc42.dll]
   FileVersion=4,2,0,6256
   hook=mfc42installer

   [olepro32.dll]
   FileVersion=4,2,0,6068
   hook=mfc42installer

   [mfc42installer]
   file-win32-x86=VALUE=http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc42.cab
   ; If dependent DLLs are packaged directly into the above cabinet file
   ; along with an .inf file, specify that .inf file to run as follows:
   ;InfFile=mfc42.inf
   ; The mfc42.cab file actually contains a self extracting executable.
   ; In this case we specify a run= command.
   run=%EXTRACT_DIR%\mfc42.exe

   ; ====================== end of spindial.inf =====================
				

• Any reference to spindial should be changed to the name of your control. This includes comments and the following:

     spindial.ocx=spindial.ocx
     [spindial.ocx]
  					

• The following should be changed to the correct CLSID and FileVersion for your control:

     clsid={06889605-B8D0-101A-91F1-00608CEAD5B3}
     FileVersion=1,0,0,001
  						

  The CLSID above can be obtained for your control from the control's ODL file. The CLSID is associated with the coclass for the control. For instance, the above CLSID was obtained from the following section of Spindial.odl:

     [ uuid(06889605-B8D0-101A-91F1-00608CEAD5B3),
  
       helpstring("Spindial Control"), control ]
       coclass Spindial
  						

  The FileVersion for the control can be obtained from the version resource for the control. As is true of any file with a version resource, this can be obtained by opening the file (Spindial.ocx in this case ) version resource with Visual Studio. From the File menu, select Open, and click Open as: Resources. Open the Version resource; the FileVersion that you are interested in is listed after FILEVERSION.
• The last change that you need to make is to enter the correct FileVersion for each of the MFC DLLs, [mfc42.dll], [olepro32.dll], and [mscvrt.dll]. Note that if you are using Visual C++ 4.1 or earlier, you need to change any reference to Mfc42.dll to Mfc40.dll and any reference to Msvcrt.dll to Msvcrt40.dll.

VC 4.1 and earlier, use:

   Olepro32.dll   4,1,0,6038
   Mfc40.dll      4,1,0,6139
   Msvcrt40.dll  4,10,0,6038
				

VC 4.2b and earlier, use:

   Olepro32.dll   4,2,0,6068
   Mfc42.dll      4,2,0,6256
   Msvcrt.dll    4,20,0,6164
				

VC 5.0, use:

   Olepro32.dll   5,0,4055,1
   Mfc42.dll     4,21,0,7022
   Msvcrt.dll     5,0,0,7022
				

VC 5.0sp1, use:

   Olepro32.dll   5,0,4055,1
   Mfc42.dll     4,21,0,7160
   Msvcrt.dll     5,0,0,7128
				

VC 5.0sp2, use:

   Olepro32.dll   5,0,4055,1
   Mfc42.dll     4,21,0,7160
   Msvcrt.dll     5,0,0,7128
				

VC 5.0sp3, use:

   Olepro32.dll   5,0,4230,1
   Mfc42.dll     4,21,0,7303
   Msvcrt.dll     5,0,0,7303
				

VC 6.0, use:

   Olepro32.dll   5,0,4261,0
   Mfc42.dll      6,0,8168,0
   Msvcrt.dll     6,0,8168,0