Can't access an Active-X control within ASP page.

[Oscar]

I am quite new to the ASP scene. I want to display the results of a
recordset into a third party grid control called VSFlexgrid. I've prepared
one asp page which queries an Access database and holds the object in which
the results should be writte. I've tried two options :

1. The grid active-X component was instantated within the html part as :
<OBJECT id=Flex style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 256px" height=256 width=352
classid=clsid:0F026C11-5A66-4c2b-87B5-88DDEBAE72A1>
</OBJECT>
The problem is that when I refer to the grid object within the scripting
part, such as' Flex.Rows', the browser reports ' runtime error 424 : object
required'. The object is rendered when browsing the page, however it is not
accessable within any scripting. That's why I decided to configure the
object to run at the server by my second approach :

2. The grid active-X component was instantated within the html part and the
tag RUNAT=SERVER was added.
<OBJECT id=Flex style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 256px" height=256 width=352
RUNAT=SERVER
classid=clsid:0F026C11-5A66-4c2b-87B5-88DDEBAE72A1>
</OBJECT>
Now the browser doesn't fire an error message. I am able to access the
properties of the control. However, the grid is not shown in the browser at
all!

I guess that I am doing something wrong basically. Any suggestions what to
do ?

regards,
Oscar

[John Blessing]

"Oscar" <ok*@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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I am quite new to the ASP scene. I want to display the results of a
recordset into a third party grid control called VSFlexgrid. I've prepared
one asp page which queries an Access database and holds the object in which
the results should be writte. I've tried two options :

1. The grid active-X component was instantated within the html part as :
<OBJECT id=Flex style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 256px" height=256 width=352
classid=clsid:0F026C11-5A66-4c2b-87B5-88DDEBAE72A1>
</OBJECT>
The problem is that when I refer to the grid object within the scripting
part, such as' Flex.Rows', the browser reports ' runtime error 424 :
object required'. The object is rendered when browsing the page, however
it is not accessable within any scripting. That's why I decided to
configure the object to run at the server by my second approach :

2. The grid active-X component was instantated within the html part and
the tag RUNAT=SERVER was added.
<OBJECT id=Flex style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 256px" height=256 width=352
RUNAT=SERVER
classid=clsid:0F026C11-5A66-4c2b-87B5-88DDEBAE72A1>
</OBJECT>
Now the browser doesn't fire an error message. I am able to access the
properties of the control. However, the grid is not shown in the browser
at all!

I guess that I am doing something wrong basically. Any suggestions what to
do ?

regards,
Oscar

I've not used this grid control myself, but ...

Situation 1. The grid is being instantiated in html on the client. Asp is
processed at the server then sends html to the client. So, you won't be able
to access it in .asp as it doesn't exist yet.

Situation 2. You have instantiated it in asp, but the component is not
designed to be run in .asp . For this to work, there would have to be some
method of the grid control that you could call to write out the results to
html .
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[Oscar]

Hi John, thanks for your reply.

Does this mean that method 1 never would be a solution or is there a way to
solve that ?
Regarding method two, I only know that the grid has a feature to save the
whole grid in html format.

Oscar

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"Oscar" <ok*@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:ev**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I am quite new to the ASP scene. I want to display the results of a
recordset into a third party grid control called VSFlexgrid. I've prepared
one asp page which queries an Access database and holds the object in
which the results should be writte. I've tried two options :

1. The grid active-X component was instantated within the html part as :
<OBJECT id=Flex style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 256px" height=256 width=352
classid=clsid:0F026C11-5A66-4c2b-87B5-88DDEBAE72A1>
</OBJECT>
The problem is that when I refer to the grid object within the scripting
part, such as' Flex.Rows', the browser reports ' runtime error 424 :
object required'. The object is rendered when browsing the page, however
it is not accessable within any scripting. That's why I decided to
configure the object to run at the server by my second approach :

2. The grid active-X component was instantated within the html part and
the tag RUNAT=SERVER was added.
<OBJECT id=Flex style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 256px" height=256 width=352
RUNAT=SERVER
classid=clsid:0F026C11-5A66-4c2b-87B5-88DDEBAE72A1>
</OBJECT>
Now the browser doesn't fire an error message. I am able to access the
properties of the control. However, the grid is not shown in the browser
at all!

I guess that I am doing something wrong basically. Any suggestions what
to do ?

regards,
Oscar

I've not used this grid control myself, but ...

Situation 1. The grid is being instantiated in html on the client. Asp is
processed at the server then sends html to the client. So, you won't be
able to access it in .asp as it doesn't exist yet.

Situation 2. You have instantiated it in asp, but the component is not
designed to be run in .asp . For this to work, there would have to be some
method of the grid control that you could call to write out the results to
html .
--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook

[John Blessing]

"Oscar" <ok*@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:eR***************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Hi John, thanks for your reply.

Does this mean that method 1 never would be a solution or is there a way
to solve that ?
Regarding method two, I only know that the grid has a feature to save the
whole grid in html format.

Oscar

Method 1 runs in the browser. Most (sensible) people won't allow activex
controls to run in their browser. Either way, you can't get at it with .asp
by then.

Method 2 - I guess it depends if you can call a method something like

response.write grid.outputhtml()

I suspect this grid is meant to be used by VB programmers. Do a googlel for
..asp grid control instead

--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook

[Oscar]

Hi John,

since the website is build for restricted users (for entering of weekly
timesheets) there is no problem in such that people won't allow the Active-X
controls to run in their browser.
I've been able to do the implementation within a not-ASP configuration, but
I am afraid for time-consuming disadvantages. Meanwhile I'll look for an ASP
grid.

regards,
Oscar

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"Oscar" <ok*@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:eR***************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

Hi John, thanks for your reply.

Does this mean that method 1 never would be a solution or is there a way
to solve that ?
Regarding method two, I only know that the grid has a feature to save the
whole grid in html format.

Oscar

Method 1 runs in the browser. Most (sensible) people won't allow activex
controls to run in their browser. Either way, you can't get at it with
.asp by then.

Method 2 - I guess it depends if you can call a method something like

response.write grid.outputhtml()

I suspect this grid is meant to be used by VB programmers. Do a googlel
for .asp grid control instead

--
John Blessing

http://www.LbeHelpdesk.com - Help Desk software priced to suit all
businesses
http://www.room-booking-software.com - Schedule rooms & equipment bookings
for your meeting/class over the web.
http://www.lbetoolbox.com - Remove Duplicates from MS Outlook