ActiveX Controls Overview

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This section, "Using ActiveX Controls," provides a starting point for each of the ActiveX controls, formerly called OLE controls, in the Microsoft Visual Basic programming system. Each ActiveX control is documented in its own section here with task-oriented overviews. These overviews are not meant to replace the language reference information, but to give the new user contexts for using the controls.

For language-specific information, search for the control's name.

Topics

What Is an ActiveX Control?

Short description of ActiveX controls.

Installing and Registering ActiveX Controls

Details about installing and registering the ActiveX controls.

Upgrading VBX Controls to ActiveX Controls

Details about upgrading applications created with .vbx controls.

Loading ActiveX Controls

Load ActiveX controls using the Components dialog box.

ActiveX Controls File Names

Lists the ActiveX controls associated with each .ocx file.

Data Bound ActiveX Controls

List of data-bound ActiveX controls.

The About Property

Description of the About property.

ActiveX Control Class

List of all ActiveX control class names.

Creating, Running, and Distributing Executable (.exe) Files

Details on distributing applications created with ActiveX controls.