Interfaces Used with ActiveX Designer Components

The following table lists the interfaces used with ActiveX designers and indicates which objects must implement them.


Interface

Visual
Designer

Visual Run-Time Object

Nonvisual Run-Time Object

IOleObject

Required.

Required.

Optional.

IOleInPlaceObject

Required.

Required.

Does not apply.

IOleInPlaceActiveObject

Required.

Required.

Does not apply.

IProvideClassInfo or IProvideDynamicClassInfo

Required.

Required.

Required.

IActiveDesigner

Optional.

Does not apply.

Does not apply.

IPersist, IPersistStorage, IPersistStream, or IPersistStreamInit

Required.

Required.

Required.

IConnectionPoint, IConnectionPointContainer

Required.

Required.

Required.

IPerPropertyBrowsing, IPersistPropertyBag, IPropertyNotifySink, IPropertyPage, IPropertyPage2, ISpecifyPropertyPages

Optional.

Optional.

Does not apply.

IDispatch

Required.

Required.

Required.

IQuickActivate

Optional.

Optional.

Does not apply.

IViewObject, IViewObject2, IViewObjectEx

Optional.

Optional.

Does not apply.

IOleControl

Optional.

Optional.

Optional.