KB175970 - White Paper on Developing Advanced ActiveX Controls

Article ID: 175970

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

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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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Axctrl.exe

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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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