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reply BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
Hi,
Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
in D.
Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

Something along :
class Component : IDispatch
{
}

instead of :

class Component : IUnknown
{
}

and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

Thank's for enlighten me.
björn
Jul 23 2009
next sibling parent reply Frank Benoit <keinfarbton googlemail.com> writes:
BLS schrieb:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?
 
 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }
 
 instead of :
 
 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }
 
 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???
 
 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


in dwt there is that ole package, I think this shows how to do it.
Jul 23 2009
parent BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
Frank Benoit wrote:

 BLS schrieb:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


 
 in dwt there is that ole package, I think this shows how to do it.


Thanks Frank,
guess the DWT OLE package is more OLE consumer orientated. probably I am 
wrong...will have a look. ( maybe, just read the msg from John C. .. not 
really encouraging ) , nevertheless :) thanks again, björn
Jul 23 2009
prev sibling next sibling parent reply div0 <div0 users.sourceforge.net> writes:
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BLS wrote:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?
 
 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }
 
 instead of :
 
 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }
 
 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???
 
 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


Just implementing IDispatch doesn't make a COM component an ActiveX
Control. IDispatch is used as a calling interface for older scripting
languages like VB6.

ActiveX controls have to implement a whole bunch of interfaces.
They are a right arse ache to do and I can highly recommend staying
clear of it.

If you are really interested:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa268985(VS.60).aspx

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Jul 23 2009
parent BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
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 BLS wrote:

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


 
 Just implementing IDispatch doesn't make a COM component an ActiveX
 Control. IDispatch is used as a calling interface for older scripting
 languages like VB6.


like Java script :)

IDispatch + all the registerWTF thingies  ?

 
 ActiveX controls have to implement a whole bunch of interfaces.
 They are a right arse ache to do and I can highly recommend staying
 clear of it.
 
 If you are really interested:
 
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa268985(VS.60).aspx
 


Thanks for the pointer!


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Jul 23 2009
prev sibling parent reply John C <johnch_atms hotmail.com> writes:
BLS Wrote:


 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?
 
 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }
 
 instead of :
 
 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }
 
 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???
 
 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


I wouldn't, certainly not merely out of curiosity. It's a mountain of work, and
you have to implement lots of pretty obscure interfaces. If you really must do
it, find a C++ example and translate it to D.
Jul 23 2009
next sibling parent reply Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
John C wrote:

 BLS Wrote:
 

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 bj�rn


 
 I wouldn't, certainly not merely out of curiosity. It's a mountain of work,
and you have to implement lots of pretty obscure interfaces. If you really must
do it, find a C++ example and translate it to D.


That or use VB6.  I remember it being pretty much painless.  :D
Jul 23 2009
parent BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
Daniel Keep wrote:

 
 John C wrote:

 BLS Wrote:


 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 bj�rn


 I wouldn't, certainly not merely out of curiosity. It's a mountain of work,
and you have to implement lots of pretty obscure interfaces. If you really must
do it, find a C++ example and translate it to D.


 
 That or use VB6.  I remember it being pretty much painless.  :D


,...and  the result is only usable in VB.
Thanks Daniel, but this response does not help too much :)
Why aren't people using D ? VC offers an ActiveX wizard. Borland C++ 
dito. D --
well I/we am/are using D as secondary language (as 4GL add on language) 
That's why I have a certain interest in seeing D grow.
Jul 23 2009
prev sibling parent reply BLS <windevguy hotmail.de> writes:
John C wrote:

 BLS Wrote:
 

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


 
 I wouldn't, certainly not merely out of curiosity. It's a mountain of work,
and you have to implement lots of pretty obscure interfaces. If you really must
do it, find a C++ example and translate it to D.



Thanks John,

If YOU don't give it a chance... then everything is lost.

another leak in D
+
Jul 23 2009
parent John C <johnch_atms hotmail.com> writes:
BLS Wrote:


 John C wrote:

 BLS Wrote:
 

 Hi,
 Sergey G. ask (by accident ;) ) about : How to create an ActiveX control 
 in D.
 Now, I am curious : Is it possible to create an ActiveX Control In D ?

 Something along :
 class Component : IDispatch
 {
 }

 instead of :

 class Component : IUnknown
 {
 }

 and if so, how to build an AX control in D, guess as DLL + D runtime ???

 Thank's for enlighten me.
 björn


 
 I wouldn't, certainly not merely out of curiosity. It's a mountain of work,
and you have to implement lots of pretty obscure interfaces. If you really must
do it, find a C++ example and translate it to D.


 
 
 Thanks John,
 
 If YOU don't give it a chance... then everything is lost.
 
 another leak in D
 +


Well, I wouldn't go that far. It's just that some other languages have either

much of the legwork for you (eg, MFC/ATL/VCL). But I don't think these belong
in the D language or its standard library.

It's relatively straightforward to create a COM server in a DLL and register a
few classes with the system. Juno's (http://www.dsource.org/projects/juno) COM
package shows how it can be done.

If you want to do something useful like show a window have allow the user to
interact with it, you need to implement IOleObject, IOleControl,
IOleInPlaceActiveObject, and so on
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751972(VS.85).aspx). And maybe
IDispatch. And you need a UI library. So if you're feeling bold...

John.
Jul 24 2009