How does it work?

[Trace7r]

Hallo everybody,

I've made some nice games in VB, using all my expirience as beginner, but now I wanna learn to use ActiveX in VB6.0, I understand what it does but I don't know how to implement it into VB.
Just wanna know how I have to call the dll in a selfmade form (and how to make the dll... ), I'm gonna try to find the solution myself but this is sometin I can't seem to find some good examples of...
Can someone give me the base of using ActiveX in VB

Already thx for helpin me....

[usamaalam]

When you start new project in VB, select ActiveX dll, then write your methods and properties in the dll you want to perform. You can save your dll from the File menu.

After saving it, register your dll.

C:\>regsvr32 abc.dll

When the dll is being registered, you can find it in the references in the project menu.

In your program where your want to call the dll, add it from the references, create an instance of the class.

Now properties and methods of your dll are ready to use.

[techgnome]

Originally posted by usamaalam
When you start new project in VB, select ActiveX dll, then write your methods and properties in the dll you want to perform. You can save your dll from the File menu.

After saving it, register your dll.

C:\>regsvr32 abc.dll

When the dll is being registered, you can find it in the references in the project menu.

In your program where your want to call the dll, add it from the references, create an instance of the class.

Now properties and methods of your dll are ready to use.

It's simpler than that. As soonas you compile the DLL (which you have to do anyways to make it usefull) VB will register it for you.
Hint: Right click on the Project's node in the Explorer in vB, and select the "Your Project Name" Properties. Change the PRoject description as this is what will show up in the References dialog... makes it easier to find it.

[Trace7r]

Wanna thank everybody for the quick response, will let you know what I did, but that will probebly not be this week, have to learn for (adult-) school this week...

thx again, all of ya...