TITLE("Creating OCX Controls using U++")
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"using U`+`+&][s0; &][s0;i150;O9; 1.-|Use the U`+`+ version later than 2005`-11`-24. "
"There was a very nasty bug in the OCX registration routine, capable of deleting half "
"of CLSID registry keys and consequently nuking Windows installation. (Actually, this "
"was not a bug in the routine as such, it was a bug in one of the overloads of the "
"AsString routine).&][s0; &][s0;i150;O9; 2.-|Add DLL to the main configuration flags. "
"This is more or less all that`'s needed to build into aDLL (OCX is technically a "
"DLL).&][s0; &][s0;i150;O9; 3.-|You have to build the OCX interface using MIDL. You "
"can use a custom step to do this:&][s0; &")
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"][s7; Custom step (extension `= idl), output files: `$(DIR)/`$(TITLE)`_idl.h,&][s7; "
"`$(DIR)/`$(TITLE)`_idl.cpp, `$(DIR)/`$(TITLE).tlb&][s7; &][s7; midl /newtlb `$(!/I) "
"/h `\"`$(DIR)/`$(TITLE)`_idl.h`\" /iid&][s7; `\"`$(DIR)/`$(TITLE)`_idl.cpp`\" /tlb "
"`\"`$(DIR)/`$(TITLE).tlb`\" `\"`$(PATH)`\"&][s0; &][s0;i150;O9; 4.-|You have to define "
"a def`-file to declare public exports, like this:&][s0; &][s7; LIBRARY `\"mycontrol.ocx`\"&][s7; "
"&][s7; EXPORTS&][s7; DllCanUnloadNow     PRIVATE&][s7; DllGetClassObject   PRIVATE&][s7; "
"DllRegisterServer   PRIVATE&][s7; DllUnregisterServer PRIVATE&][s0; &][s0;i150;O9; "
"5.-|You need to put the type library (the TLB file created by MIDL from the IDL file) "
"into your resources. Put this line on the beginning of your resource file:&][s0; "
"&][s7; 1 TYPELIB `\"mycontrol.tlb`\"&][s0; &][s0; Do not forget to manually add `\"mycontrol.tlb`\" "
"to the list of the resource file`'s dependencies. Otherwise next time you change "
"the IDL file and the MIDL recompiles your TLB, TheIDE builder won`'t find out it "
"needs to rebuild the resource script.&][s0; &][s0;i150;O9; 6.-|In the application, "
"#include <Ole/Ctrl/OleCtrl.h> and use OCX`_APP`_MAIN to declare the `\"main`\" initialization "
"routine. To be honest, the initialization routine is not really called during the "
"very startup (DllMain `-> DLL`_PROCESS`_ATTACH), its invocation is postponed until "
"1st object from the library is requested from the type factory. The reason for this "
"is that too heavy initializations tend to deadlock or crash the Windows DLL loader.&][s0; "
"&][s0;i150;O9; 7.-|To make an object an OCX control, derive it from OcxControl. You "
"should also use multiple inheritance to derive it from your custom interfaces, perhaps "
"like this:&][s0; &][s7; class MyViewOcx&][s7; : public OcxControl // handles OCX "
"control client functionality&][s7; , public DispatchInterface<IMyView> // custom "
"control`'s interface&][s7; , public OcxConnectionPointContainer // needed only for "
"callback (aka event) interface&][s0; &][s0;i150;")
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"O9; 8.-|The whole project should be demonstrated in a simple project called Ole/Ctrl/Calc.&][s0;i150;O9; "
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