Converting Standard EXE to ActiveX EXE

[Andrewpeter]

In Project menu, chose NameProject Properties menu (submenu of Project menu); in Project type of Genaral tab chose ActiveX Exe and in Startup Object chose None. And OK. Have fun!

[GJChurchward]

Well, I tried that, and now the app doesn't do anything at all if I start it as Standalone. Remember, if I'm the first person to start the app, my instance of it will act as a server for anyone else coming later. But I must have a user interface, or I can't do anything with it myself!

[GJChurchward]

By the way - I did say I haven't done much with ActiveX before, so while I'm by no means a newbie with VB (Been using various versions of it for over 15 years), I'm not above going through the step-by-step instructions which MS provide in their online documentation. In other words, the Coffee project, which is now located here...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.60).aspx

I found it impossible to follow the instructions. Specifically, when I get to the stage of creating a test project, the instructions tell me to set a reference to the .vbp file of the ActiveX project I just created. It specifically tells me not to set a reference to the .exe I just created from that project. Not possible - My IDE doesn't allow me to set a reference to the .vbp file. I can't get much further with MS' instructions for getting my head round this!