Creating ActiveX controls to be used by VB 6.0 programs

[Henrik Dahl]

Hello!

Is it possible to use Visual Studio 2005 or, secondarily, Visual Studio .NET
2003 to create ActiveX controls which may be consumed by VB 6.0 programs,
i.e. dealt with on forms in the usual way?

If yes, may you provide a hint/link for getting started?
Best regards,

Henrik Dahl

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Kenrik,

According to following KB, VB6 is not a supported ActiveX Control container
that could host .NET controls:

#ActiveX control containers that support .NET controls
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311334
With the exception of Microsoft Internet Explorer, .NET controls are not
supported in applications designed to host ActiveX controls.
Using Windows Forms controls in any ActiveX control container was supported
in beta versions of the .NET framework. Unfortunately, there is so much
difference in the implementation of the varous ActiveX control containers
that we eventually decided that it would be impossible to guarantee that
Windows Forms control would work in all ActiveX control containers.
Therefore, we decided that:

Microsoft .NET 1.0 Windows Forms controls are supported in Windows Forms
and Internet Explorer 5.01 and later versions. .NET 1.1 Windows Forms
controls are supported in Windows Forms, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)
7.x, and Internet Explorer 5.01 and later versions. Other applications and
development tools that are capable of hosting ActiveX controls, including
the ActiveX Test Containers from versions of Visual Studio that are earlier
than Visual Studio .NET 2003, are not supported hosts for .NET Windows
Forms controls.
Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang (wa****@online. microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Kenrik,

Have you seen my last reply? Would you post a reply here to let me know the
status of this post? Thank!

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[Henrik Dahl]

Hello Walter,

Yes, and I've also received your e-mail. Thank you very much. It's probably
fair to say that it does not sound particularly promissing. To me it's
rather odd that VB 6.0 is not supported as a container, particularly as
Microsoft in several places writes that it recognizes the significant
investments done in VB 6.0 code.
Best regards,

Henrik Dahl

"Walter Wang [MSFT]" <wa****@online. microsoft.comsk rev i en meddelelse
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Hi Kenrik,

Have you seen my last reply? Would you post a reply here to let me know
the
status of this post? Thank!

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online. microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Henrik,

As a VB programmer before, I fully understand your concern. Since VB6 will
no longer have new service packs, it's a hard dicision that we have to
officially drop support for it as a ActiveX container of .NET components;
otherwise, there will be many compatibility issues rising. I hope you could
understand product team's dicision.

At last, thank you for your reply and letting us know your opinion.

Regards,
Walter Wang (wa****@online. microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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