activex and windows forms controls

[nex6]

I have been reading thru the msdn libarary (vs 2005 and msdn)

and it says activeX is deprecated in favor of windows forms controls.?

does that mean, activeX is out and winformsctl is in?

anyone want to elaborate?

thanks



Nex6

[jmcilhinney]

ActiveX is a COM-based technology. You can use existing ActiveX controls in a .NET application but it is preferable to use .NET Windows Forms controls. They are easier to manipulate in the IDE and require less overhead when the app is running. They also cause fewer headaches on the target machine as they do not require registration and there are no versioning conflicts. It is not possible to create an ActiveX control with VS.NET.

[nex6]

so activeX is now basicly a 'legacy" item and going forward windows form controls and WPF types of stuff in .NET are the way to go.

and, as an admin: over time less and less activeX will be used in favor of .NET.

thats cool




-Nex6