CHAPTER 5

Type Information and Extended Objects

Automation supports both dynamic and static type information and type libraries. Because the type information can change, end users can edit objects at design time, writing code or adding properties and events, to create new, unique run-time objects.

When you implement an ActiveX designer, you have to decide which kind of type information to support. It helps to understand how hosts aggregate the objects your designer and the user create.

This chapter covers the following topics: