Using OCX's without a smart container

[Chris Kelleher]

Hi All.

Can anyone tell me how load an OCX without having to use a SmartContainer
like a Smartwindow. The environment in question is v8.3A using Windws 95.

Incidentally, can someone tell me which image format the DOTR LoadImage OCX
expects.

TIA.

Ray Atherton
Cornerstone Systems
Brisbane, Australia

 

[Chris Kelleher]

At 11:49 AM 10/7/99 +1000, Ray Atherton wrote:
>Hi All.
>
>Can anyone tell me how load an OCX without having to use a SmartContainer
>like a Smartwindow. The environment in question is v8.3A using Windws 95.

You must use the UIB to generate the .WRX. Then have a look inside
some UIB generated code to see how the controls are initialized
in the IP.

>Incidentally, can someone tell me which image format the DOTR LoadImage OCX
>expects.
>

It creates something called an image list. It doesn't really
expect any particular image type. It's what ever's going to
use the image list that you have to worry about.


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[Chris Kelleher]

It is not necessary to use a SmartContainer.
You can use the UIB (AppBuilder in V9) to
place an OCX into an ordinary frame.

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At 09:49 PM 10/6/99 , Ray Atherton wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how load an OCX without having to use a SmartContainer
>like a Smartwindow. The environment in question is v8.3A using Windws 95.

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[Chris Kelleher]

AFAIK, it doesn't create the image list. It just adds an image
to an existing image list.
So you also need to create the Microsoft ImageList (from
comctl32.ocx) and pass the handle of this ImageList to the
LoadImage OCX:

chLoadImage:LoadImage(chImageList, vcFile).

HTH

Uwe.