Visual Basic Project Type???

[Shark]

Can someone give me a clear understanding and concepts of the different type of Visual Basic Projects. If there are site that give examples of each type, please post.

Currently, I know how to use

• Standard Project
• ActiveX Control
• VB Application Wizard
• AddIn

I like to know the concepts behind these project types.

• ActiveX EXE
• ActiveX Dll
• ActiveX Document EXE
• ActiveX Document Dll
  
• Data Project
• DHTML Application
• IIS Application
  
• VB Enterprise Edition Control
• VB Professional Edition Control
• VB Application Wizard Manager

Thank you and greatly appreciated for any info.

[Shark]

Anyone out there?

[honeybee]

Check out the MSDN help for the project types.

All ActiveX types refer to ActiveX components. Standard EXE is a normal application. Data Project is used for creating database-related apps quickly.

[QWERTY]

• Standard EXE - This is the type of project you would use to create a standard Windows program (.EXE file). You will probably use this type of project most often.
  
• ActiveX EXE - This is an automation server that performs tasks as part of a multiple-tier application. The end result is a program that contains public classes that can be accessed by other programs or can run by itself. This used to be known as an OLE automation server.
  
• ActiveX DLL - This is a remote automation program created as a DLL. ActiveX DLLs cannot run alone; however, because an ActiveX DLL runs in-process, it is faster than an out-of-process ActiveX EXE.
  
• ActiveX Control - With this option, you can create your own custom controls (OCXs). These can be used in your Visual Basic programs or in any ActiveX-capable application.
  
• VB Application Wizard - If you want something quick and generic, this option builds the skeleton of an application (similar to a word processor template). You can then customize the application to suit your needs.
  
• Addin - This type of program is used to provide additional functionality to Visual Basic itself. An example of an add-in is the Visual Data Manager
  
• ActiveX Document DLL - This type of project creates a DLL that can be utilized by applications running within Microsoft Internet Explorer
  
• ActiveX Document EXE - This type of project creates an application that can run inside Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  
• IIS Application - (Internet Information Server)

That's all I know (text as is from Using Visual Basic 5 Second Edition by Mike McKelvy, Jeff Spotts, and Brian Siler)
P.S. Sorry for adding stuff you already know. I just didn't feel like removing them (Copy-Paste method)

[Edited by QWERTY on 07-29-2000 at 12:57 AM]

[honeybee]

Thanks, QWERTY for being so descriptive. I know all of it, but was too lazy to write all that down. Must stop being like that.

[Shark]

Thanks QWERTY for taking the time.