Visual C++ 6 Unleashed

By MICKEY WILLIAMS and David Bennett

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Authors
  • About the Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • How to Use This Book
  • What You Need to Use This Book
  • What's New in Visual C++ 6.0
  • Contacting the Main Author
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Visual C++ 6.0 Environment
  • Part II: MFC Programming
  • Chapter 2. MFC Class Library Overview
  • Chapter 3. MFC Message Handling Mechanism
  • Chapter 4. The Document View Architecture
  • Chapter 5. Creating and Using Dialog Boxes
  • Chapter 6. Working with Device Contexts and GDI Objects
  • Chapter 7. Creating and Using Property Sheets
  • Chapter 8. Working with the File System
  • Chapter 9. Using Serialization with File and Archive Objects
  • Part III: Internet Programming with MFC
  • Chapter 10. MFC and the Internet Server API (ISAPI)
  • Chapter 11. The WinInet API
  • Chapter 12. MFC HTML Support
  • Part IV: Advanced Programming Topics
  • Chapter 13. Using the Standard C++ Library
  • Chapter 14. Error Detection and Exception Handling Techniques
  • Chapter 15. Debugging and Profiling Strategies
  • Chapter 16. Multithreading
  • Chapter 17. Using Scripting and Other Tools to Automate the Visual C++ IDE
  • Part V: Database Programming
  • Chapter 18. Creating Custom AppWizards
  • Chapter 19. Database Overview
  • Chapter 20. ODBC Programming
  • Chapter 21. MFC Database Classes
  • Chapter 22. Using OLE DB
  • Chapter 23. Programming with ADO
  • Part VI: MFC Support for COM and ActiveX
  • Chapter 24. Overview of COM and Active Technologies
  • Chapter 25. Active Documents
  • Chapter 26. Active Containers
  • Chapter 27. Active Servers
  • Chapter 28. ActiveX Controls
    • A Short History
    • What Is an ActiveX Control?
    • ActiveX Control Architecture
    • ActiveX Control Interfaces
    • ActiveX Controls
    • Reinventing the Wheel
    • Testing an ActiveX Control
    • Methods of Creating ActiveX Controls
    • Creating an ActiveX Control with Visual C++ and MFC
    • Summary
  • Part VII: Using the Active Template Library
  • Chapter 29. ATL Architecture
  • Chapter 30. Creating COM Objects Using ATL
  • Chapter 31. Creating ActiveX Controls Using ATL
  • Chapter 32. Using ATL to Create MTS and COM+ Components
  • Part VIII: Finishing Touches
  • Chapter 33. Adding Windows Help
  • Part IX: Appendix

Summary

This chapter has discussed ActiveX controls, which are an evolution of OLE custom controls. When compared to OLE custom controls, ActiveX controls can be smaller, faster, and offer features that improve performance.

This chapter discussed two ways that Developer Studio simplifies the task of writing ActiveX controls. The MFC ActiveX control wizard automates the process of creating your control. With a few mouse clicks, you can be well on your way to creating an ActiveX control. In addition, the MFC class library includes a great deal of functionality that you can easily leverage into your own controls. Support for property sheets, commonly used interfaces, and data binding are all built into the MFC library.

This chapter also included information on testing your ActiveX controls. Developer Studio includes the ActiveX Test Container, which is a great place to start testing your controls. You can also use your controls in Visual C++ or in a Web page, as discussed in this chapter.

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