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Figure 1. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere You Choose. You can host a VB-created ActiveX control in a wide range of environments, from A. Visual Basic, to B. Visual C++, to C. Microsoft Excel, to D. Internet Explorer, among others. Hosting the same control in multiple environments requires that you accommodate the differences that exist between various containers, no two of which are exactly alike. This article shows you how to create controls that can run in any combination of the most common environments.