Thread: using the ActiveX control

You should use ATL(ActiveX Template Library). Search the web for 'ATL tutorial'.

You can implement a control without helper classes or templates but it will be complex. You would need to start by implementing IClassFactory and go from there.

http://www.adtmag.com/joop/crarticle.asp?ID=1572
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ivex/intro.asp

thanks anonyt, those links helped a bunch, i'll see what i can do and post any results that i come up with