DCOM - ActiveX Control Components

[LloydWilliams]

Can we register a ActiveX Control component in a remote machine and use ( instantiate ) in a client application in some other machine in the network ?

If we can how can we achieve that ? Both ActiveX Dll and ActiveX control Component (.OCX file) are In-Process components, right ?

If we use an OCX component in an DCOM environment what will be the performance overhead ?

Can any one please resolve my query ? Thanks.

[gijsj]

Yes, both are inprocess.
You should see an ActiveX Control (OCX) as a Client Side COM component. Using it over DCOM is not what you want.
If you want to instantiate a in/out proc COM component remotely the TypeLib has to be registered on the remote box and DCOM has to be configured for that particular tlb. (Run dcomcnfg.exe)
The easiest way to deploy a component on a remote box is with COM+ (or MTS on NT), make a export (Application Proxy) and run the setup on the remote box. (MTS and COM+ support only inproc components !).

[LloydWilliams]

Thanks very much for your reply gijsj...