Constructor for ActiveX Control

[alexandros]

Is there a way to make a constructor for an activex object?

For example i want to make an activex control that will be basically a simple usercontrol and it will take different shapes with the setwindowrgn api.

Now i want to do something like this from my form

dim CIRCLE_VALUES as new Collection
CIRCLE_VALUES.add 0  'x1
CIRCLE_VALUES.add 0  'y1
CIRCLE_VALUES.add 10 'x2
CIRCLE_VALUES.add 10 'y2
 
 
 
 
dim newctl=new ShapeUserControl("Circle",CIRCLE_VALUES)

now when the ShapeUserControl is appearing on the form i want to do something like this:

if Shape_Type="Circle" then
 
hRgn=CreateEllipticRgn CIRCLE_VALUES.item(1),CIRCLE_VALUES.item(2) .........
SetWindowRgn me.hwnd,hrgn,true
 
elseif Shape_Type="Polygon" then
 
hRgn=CreatePolygonRgn .....
SetWindowRgn me.hwnd,hrgn,true

[yrwyddfa]

You can 'simulate' constructors by

(i) using COM+
(ii) using C++

COM+ exposes an interface that will allow you to create objects with parameters.