ActiveX/Browser interaction

[TheObserver]

Is there any possible way of modifying the text in IE's status bar from an ActiveX control embedded in a page loaded in that same IE window?

Basically I'd like to use the status bar to output machine state messages from an ActiveX control as it goes through its functionality.

 

[Ade007]

Raise events with your ActiveX control. Your HTML page can then be notified. Have a public event method within your ActiveX control. Raise the event at any point within your control to notify the HTML page.

Sample code overview for your control below:

Public Event onUpdateStatus(ByVal Status As String)

Public Function PerformAction()
RaiseEvent onUpdateStatus("Start PerformAction&quot

Call DoBusinessRules()

RaiseEvent onUpdateStatus("End PerformAction&quot
End Function

Private Sub DoBusinessRules()
RaiseEvent onUpdateStatus("Start DoBusinessRules&quot
Do some actions
RaiseEvent onUpdateStatus("Stage 1 Complete&quot
Do some more actions
RaiseEvent onUpdateStatus("Stage 2 Complete&quot
...
...
RaiseEvent onUpdateStatus("End DoBusinessRules&quot
End Function

On the HTML page you have the object tag:

<OBJECT id=YourControl
codeBase=/setup/cabs/YourControl.CAB#version=1,0,0,1
classid=&quot;CLSID:42E4E651-6847-4AA1-9B65-27AB39F3B40C&quot; </OBJECT>

Finally, sample script code to handle the bubbled event:

<Script .....>
Sub Window_OnLoad()
Call YourControl.PerformAction()
End Sub

Sub YourControl_onUpdateStatus(CurrentStatus)
window.status = CurrentStatus
End Sub
</Script>