Exposing ActiveX Objects
Exposing objects makes them available for programmatic use by other applications and programming tools. This section discusses how to design an application that exposes objects, and then uses various samples from the COM Programmer's Reference to demonstrate how to implement the design.
Note
Throughout this section, the file names of sample applications appear in parentheses before the sample code.
In this section
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| How to: Expose ActiveX Objects |
To expose ActiveX objects, you write code to initialize the objects, implement the objects, and then release OLE when the application terminates. |
| Design Considerations for ActiveX Objects |
Provides guidance for designing an Automation application. |
| Type Libraries and ActiveX Objects |
You must create a type library for each set of exposed objects. |
| Hello Sample |
The Hello sample is an Automation application with one object. |
| Lines Sample |
The Lines sample is an ActiveX component application that implements collections. |
| Supporting Multiple National Languages |
The IDispatch interface provides a range of solutions that vary in cost of implementation and quality of language support. |