ActiveX Controls Samples

The following samples make use of MFC's support for ActiveX controls.

CIRC is the basis for the tutorial on building a simple ActiveX control called Circle.
DAOCTL shows how to build an ActiveX control container which contains data-bound controls. The container provides the controls with data from an Access database via DAO.
IMAGE is an ActiveX control that is capable of downloading data asynchronously.
SMILEY consists of the SMILE ActiveX control inserted into the SMILEY control container. The sample allows you to modify properties, call methods, and handle events from the SMILE control.
TESTHELP is an ActiveX control that has its own help file and tooltips.
VCTERM is a simple terminal emulation program illustrating the use of the MSCOMM32.OCX ActiveX control.

You can use the TSTCON sample to test ActiveX controls, change their properties, and invoke their methods. The TSTCON sample implements an ActiveX control container using MFC's support for OLE embedding.