ActiveX Control Based on a CListBox

[eastleyd]

I have created an ActiveX Control based on a CListBox control. - I did this using the VC++ ActiveX Wizard.

Just a quick and simple question really. How do I access this CListBox from within the actual ActiveX code.

I want to have the ListBox automatically print something in it when it is initialised. But I have no idea what name to reference it by.

I would have thought, that as the control is based on the listbox, I could just call the ListBox's methods (such as AddString etc..) but it appears not.

Could someone let me know how this is done. Or if not, let me know so I can try a different approach.

Thanks

 

[Cagliostro]

You should pass a COM interface (IDispatch) that implements the functionality you would like to expose to your ActiveX and pass this one.

Ion Filipski

 

[eastleyd]

How do I pass the COM Interface to the ActiveX control?

 

[Cagliostro]

as I understand the ActiveX is implemented by you? In this case it is up to your implementation of the ActiveX. Implement a method that takes a IDispatch* and call this one from the application.

Ion Filipski

 

[eastleyd]

I'm not trying to access the CListBox's methods from the actual application. I'm trying to access it's methods from within the Actual ActiveX control.

This is without even usign the control within an application.

 

[Cagliostro]

You should pass a COM interface (IDispatch) that implements the functionality you would like to expose to your ActiveX and pass this one. (look at my first post)


rule:
You can not access directly the CListBox from your ActiveX

Ion Filipski

 

[eastleyd]

Rule:
You can not access directly the CListBox from your ActiveX"

-thats pretty silly being that my ActiveX control is based on a CListBox oh well, lets not make it a million times more complicated just like everything else in VC++!


"You should pass a COM interface (IDispatch) that implements the functionality you would like to expose to your ActiveX and pass this one. (look at my first post)"

I still dont understand how this would be done. - so I need to pass my IDispatch interface - what the applications 'would' see. to my activeX control. - How would it do this?

 

[Cagliostro]

read the manual or at least the msdn.

Ion Filipski