CCRP in .NET

[hansw]

Hi All.

I tried to upgrade a VB6 project to .Net, Unfortunately It fell over with a type mismatch on one of the CCRP controls.

Am I dealling with an incompatability issue here?

Does anybody have any coments regarding CCRP (Common Controls Replacement Project) Controls?

(I have not done any investigating as yet)

[Cander]

.NET doesnt really support activeX. You cant expect your VB6 apps to fully upgrade to .NET.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by Cander
.NET doesnt really support activeX. You cant expect your VB6 apps to fully upgrade to .NET.

so activex is dead? what is a usercontrol called in .NET then?

[Cander]

just user control.

Note; You can still use some ActiveX controls, but you cant be 100% they will work.

Also technically .NET controls still work the same as ActiveX, they do things differently behind the scenes.

Forget the term ActiveX. Dont even speak of the evil anymore.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by Cander
just user control.

Note; You can still use some ActiveX controls, but you cant be 100% they will work.

Also technically .NET controls still work the same as ActiveX, they do things differently behind the scenes.

Forget the term ActiveX. Dont even speak of the evil anymore.

so what about COM? did that have anything to do with ActiveX (oops I used this evil term again). So the idea/concept is the same, the functionality of usercontrols is different?

[Cander]

COM is also not supported but can work. In fact MS still suggests to use COM+ if there are specific needs. Otherwise a plain ole .NET dll will work great by itself.

[Edneeis]

.NET Usercontrols are just classes that inherit from the UserControl base class. Which isn't THAT different from ActiveX but they do work differently behind the scenes. If the .NET control doesn't do what you need then make a class that inherits it and extends it. What CCRP control gave you problems? Have you tested to see if the .NET version already has the new features you are looking for?