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  1. Feb 5th, 2001, 05:15 PM #1
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    Question

    Is it possible to run a VB application in an Internet Browser?
    I have a reasonably complex VB/DB application and am looking for an alternative to rewriting it in ASP, is there any way I could use a plugin or control or emulator or whatever to run a VB application on the web? Any ideas or feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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  2. Feb 5th, 2001, 05:35 PM #2
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    If you make it as an ActiveX control then you can embed it into a page...however this limits you to Internet Explorer on Windows
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  3. Feb 6th, 2001, 08:49 AM #3
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    Exclamation Is it possible to convert an existing application

    Is it possible to convert and existing application to an ActiveX componant or would it have to be rewritten?
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  4. Feb 6th, 2001, 09:23 AM #4
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    Wow, i never knew that you could make an entire application an activeX control. Would the user have to download each component seperatly, or how would that work?
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  6. Feb 6th, 2001, 01:09 PM #5
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    If you make it as a single control then only one file will be needed, however IE will get any parts of VB that it needs. Fortunately this is only needed once.

    Most of the logic will remain intact, but forms handling and user interface will change.
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  7. Feb 6th, 2001, 05:04 PM #6
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    wow, thats cool. Do you know any sites off hand that use something like this? Just to see what it looks like in action.
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