I have a pretty complex control which use to be a C# windows form that I am
trying to make into a control that can be dragged onto a VB6 form.
I was able to make it into a com class that I could then go to VB6 and add
the reference and call the object there without any problems.
When I try to make it into a UserControl, I get it to build and it registers
itself during the build with no errors BUT I can not add the dll to the vb6
project. I can add the dll to another C# project and all the form
(usercontrol) works as it should with the grid and toolbar buttons doing
their thing as planned.
below is the top section of the class diff.
The contructor doesn't do anything but the InitializeComponent() call.
thanks for any assistance.
Dennis
using interop = System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace TASAMS
{
[interop.ProgId("TimeLineControl"),
interop.Guid("124B9B07-35A7-4c72-B04B-3A04E42F1E07"),
interop.ClassInterface(interop.ClassInterfaceType. AutoDispatch),
interop.ComVisible(true)]
public class TimeLineControl : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
{
....
} 4 9271
Hi Dennis,
You cannot turn a C# user control to an OCX - this possibility, as far as I
remember, was considered and partially implemented in early beta versions of
the Framework, but later Microsoft decided not to support it in the release
version. Still, you have a workaround (BTW it is widely used by developers
writing add-ins for VS .NET) - the so-called shim control. It is a free
small ActiveX control provided by Microsoft (not sure where to look for it
on the Microsoft website but I'm sure there are even several versions in the
"Files" section of this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/vsnetaddin)
The ActiveX has a couple of public methods designed to tell the ActiveX
which class from which assembly to host inside it. So you drag the ActiveX
to a VB6 form and then invoke its HostUserControl method - and voila, you
have a .NET control in your VB6 app.
--
Sincerely,
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today! http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx
"Dennis Burdett" <de*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O4**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... I have a pretty complex control which use to be a C# windows form that I am trying to make into a control that can be dragged onto a VB6 form.
I was able to make it into a com class that I could then go to VB6 and add the reference and call the object there without any problems.
When I try to make it into a UserControl, I get it to build and it registers itself during the build with no errors BUT I can not add the dll to the vb6 project. I can add the dll to another C# project and all the form (usercontrol) works as it should with the grid and toolbar buttons doing their thing as planned.
below is the top section of the class diff.
The contructor doesn't do anything but the InitializeComponent() call.
thanks for any assistance. Dennis
using interop = System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace TASAMS
{
[interop.ProgId("TimeLineControl"),
interop.Guid("124B9B07-35A7-4c72-B04B-3A04E42F1E07"),
interop.ClassInterface(interop.ClassInterfaceType. AutoDispatch),
interop.ComVisible(true)]
public class TimeLineControl : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
{
....
}
thanks Dmitriy,
I have been trying to figure out how to do this most of the day and can get
it to build (at least the shim part) and I am then able to add the new dll
to the VB6 project form BUT I guess I am just not understanding what or how
to make the changes my code to get it to actually add my UserControl to the
host shim dll so it will run my stuff within vb.
Dennis
"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Hi Dennis,
You cannot turn a C# user control to an OCX - this possibility, as far as
I remember, was considered and partially implemented in early beta versions
of the Framework, but later Microsoft decided not to support it in the
release version. Still, you have a workaround (BTW it is widely used by developers writing add-ins for VS .NET) - the so-called shim control. It is a free small ActiveX control provided by Microsoft (not sure where to look for it on the Microsoft website but I'm sure there are even several versions in
the "Files" section of this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/vsnetaddin)
The ActiveX has a couple of public methods designed to tell the ActiveX which class from which assembly to host inside it. So you drag the ActiveX to a VB6 form and then invoke its HostUserControl method - and voila, you have a .NET control in your VB6 app.
-- Sincerely, Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP] Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today! http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx
"Dennis Burdett" <de*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O4**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...I have a pretty complex control which use to be a C# windows form that I
am trying to make into a control that can be dragged onto a VB6 form.
I was able to make it into a com class that I could then go to VB6 and
add the reference and call the object there without any problems.
When I try to make it into a UserControl, I get it to build and it registers itself during the build with no errors BUT I can not add the dll to the vb6 project. I can add the dll to another C# project and all the form (usercontrol) works as it should with the grid and toolbar buttons doing their thing as planned.
below is the top section of the class diff.
The contructor doesn't do anything but the InitializeComponent() call.
thanks for any assistance. Dennis
using interop = System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace TASAMS
{
[interop.ProgId("TimeLineControl"),
interop.Guid("124B9B07-35A7-4c72-B04B-3A04E42F1E07"),
interop.ClassInterface(interop.ClassInterfaceType. AutoDispatch),
interop.ComVisible(true)]
public class TimeLineControl : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
{
....
}
Dennis,
As far as I remember, this should look like something like this:
Sub Form_Load
Dim objUserControl As Object
Set objUserControl =
objShimControl.HostUserControl("MyNamespace.MyCont rol", "MyAssembly,
Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=null")
End Sub
--
Sincerely,
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today! http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx
"Dennis Burdett" <de*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... thanks Dmitriy,
I have been trying to figure out how to do this most of the day and can get it to build (at least the shim part) and I am then able to add the new dll to the VB6 project form BUT I guess I am just not understanding what or how to make the changes my code to get it to actually add my UserControl to the host shim dll so it will run my stuff within vb.
Dennis
"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote in message news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Hi Dennis,
You cannot turn a C# user control to an OCX - this possibility, as far as I remember, was considered and partially implemented in early beta versions of the Framework, but later Microsoft decided not to support it in the release version. Still, you have a workaround (BTW it is widely used by developers writing add-ins for VS .NET) - the so-called shim control. It is a free small ActiveX control provided by Microsoft (not sure where to look for it on the Microsoft website but I'm sure there are even several versions in the "Files" section of this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/vsnetaddin)
The ActiveX has a couple of public methods designed to tell the ActiveX which class from which assembly to host inside it. So you drag the ActiveX to a VB6 form and then invoke its HostUserControl method - and voila, you have a .NET control in your VB6 app.
-- Sincerely, Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP] Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today! http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx
"Dennis Burdett" <de*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O4**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >I have a pretty complex control which use to be a C# windows form that I am > trying to make into a control that can be dragged onto a VB6 form. > > I was able to make it into a com class that I could then go to VB6 and add > the reference and call the object there without any problems. > > When I try to make it into a UserControl, I get it to build and it > registers > itself during the build with no errors BUT I can not add the dll to the > vb6 > project. I can add the dll to another C# project and all the form > (usercontrol) works as it should with the grid and toolbar buttons > doing > their thing as planned. > > below is the top section of the class diff. > > The contructor doesn't do anything but the InitializeComponent() call. > > thanks for any assistance. > Dennis > > using interop = System.Runtime.InteropServices; > > namespace TASAMS > > { > > [interop.ProgId("TimeLineControl"), > > interop.Guid("124B9B07-35A7-4c72-B04B-3A04E42F1E07"), > > interop.ClassInterface(interop.ClassInterfaceType. AutoDispatch), > > interop.ComVisible(true)] > > public class TimeLineControl : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl > > { > > .... > > } > > > >
Thanks Dmitriy
"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com> wrote
in message news:ey**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... Dennis,
As far as I remember, this should look like something like this:
Sub Form_Load Dim objUserControl As Object Set objUserControl = objShimControl.HostUserControl("MyNamespace.MyCont rol", "MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=null") End Sub
-- Sincerely, Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP] Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today! http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx
"Dennis Burdett" <de*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... thanks Dmitriy,
I have been trying to figure out how to do this most of the day and can get it to build (at least the shim part) and I am then able to add the new
dll to the VB6 project form BUT I guess I am just not understanding what or how to make the changes my code to get it to actually add my UserControl to the host shim dll so it will run my stuff within vb.
Dennis
"Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]" <x-****@no-spam-please.hotpop.com>
wrote in message news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Hi Dennis,
You cannot turn a C# user control to an OCX - this possibility, as far
as I remember, was considered and partially implemented in early beta
versions of the Framework, but later Microsoft decided not to support it in the release version. Still, you have a workaround (BTW it is widely used by developers writing add-ins for VS .NET) - the so-called shim control. It is a free small ActiveX control provided by Microsoft (not sure where to look for it on the Microsoft website but I'm sure there are even several versions
in the "Files" section of this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/vsnetaddin) The ActiveX has a couple of public methods designed to tell the ActiveX which class from which assembly to host inside it. So you drag the ActiveX to a VB6 form and then invoke its HostUserControl method - and voila,
you have a .NET control in your VB6 app.
-- Sincerely, Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP] Bring the power of unit testing to the VS .NET IDE today! http://www.x-unity.net/teststudio.aspx
"Dennis Burdett" <de*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O4**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >I have a pretty complex control which use to be a C# windows form that
I am > trying to make into a control that can be dragged onto a VB6 form. > > I was able to make it into a com class that I could then go to VB6
and add > the reference and call the object there without any problems. > > When I try to make it into a UserControl, I get it to build and it > registers > itself during the build with no errors BUT I can not add the dll to
the > vb6 > project. I can add the dll to another C# project and all the form > (usercontrol) works as it should with the grid and toolbar buttons > doing > their thing as planned. > > below is the top section of the class diff. > > The contructor doesn't do anything but the InitializeComponent()
call. > > thanks for any assistance. > Dennis > > using interop = System.Runtime.InteropServices; > > namespace TASAMS > > { > > [interop.ProgId("TimeLineControl"), > > interop.Guid("124B9B07-35A7-4c72-B04B-3A04E42F1E07"), > > interop.ClassInterface(interop.ClassInterfaceType. AutoDispatch), > > interop.ComVisible(true)] > > public class TimeLineControl : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl > > { > > .... > > } > > > >
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