Chuck-
> OK... someone asked if I "GOOGLED IT".. yes I did.
That was me. I? Yes, it's frustrating figuring out how to use ActiveX
controls. But, as I mentioned in my other post, there is no one single
recipe. It depends on the control and the vendor.
Specifically, you mention somewhere that you're using the Microsoft Control.
Is it the web browser functionality you're interested in? (The thread of
what you want to actually accomplish is lost to me, I'm afraid.)
Have you looked in the solution samples and the foundation classes? The
foundation classes is a >great< resource for learning about different
techniques. I never end up using the controls as-is, but often take them as
a starting point. For example, I modified the hyperlink label class to do
email as well as URLs.
So, if you haven't already, check out Tools | Component Gallery | Foundation
Classes | Internet. You might find some real-life solutions there.
Hopefully that might help.
For general applicability to ActiveX controls--
> I found
> alot of links that eluded to its EXISTANCE... some places
> offered an application (in VB or Java) that used it... but no
> where was there any info on just how to use it.
Did you Google in groups? http://groups.google.com (btw, the Google toolbar
gives quick access to google news and groups.)
> What
> properties/methods are accessible and what do they expect?
When you drop the control on a form and right click on it, do you get any
control-specific properties? When you right click on one of the control's
properties, do you get a help option?
> "what do I want to do with it?". I don't have that information.
>
> My question was posed on the MICROSOFT BROWSER control only
> because it sounded like something that people (us) might use.
Oh. Okay, that helps. Sorry, didn't know what control you were talking
about. (So went back and replied above with suggestions.) In this case I'd
search, in Google Groups (computer section), on "microsoft web browser
control foxpro" just to start.
> I tinkered with it... but could not get anything to
> run............ I tried alot of guessing where to plug in a
> URL... but nothing (so far) has worked. Any attempt to run
> the form with that control on it came back with immediate
> runtime errors from the control itself.
If there is a solution example, or better, a foundation class that even
sorta does something like what you want, start there.
> SO. here is the question: Having found an ActiveX control
> living on my PC... Is there any logical search path for
> property/method roadmap info for the control?? If you folks
> use one.... did you "tinker" it out?? Do you hunt for some
> example code someplace specific?
Open the control in the Object Browser (under Tools menu) as Mike, I think,
mentioned.
Regards-
Nancy Folsom
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