Port ActiveX Controls to Other Applications

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You can use ActiveX controls developed in Visual C++ in other applications, as long as they support ActiveX control containment. A number of applications, including the following from Microsoft, support ActiveX control containment:

• Internet Explorer 3.x

• Internet Explorer 4.x

• Visual Basic 4.x

• Visual Basic 5.x

• Visual Basic 6.0

• Visual C++ 4.x

• Visual C++ 5.0

• Visual C++ 6.0

• Access 95

• Excel '97

• Word '97

• Access '97

• Front Page '97

• Power Point '97

• Visual InterDev '97

The following are non-Microsoft applications that support ActiveX control containment:

• PowerBuilder

• Delphi

• C++ Builder

• NCompass Plug-in for Netscape Navigator

Note   Visual FoxPro did not fully meet the containment guidelines in version 3.0 but will in the next version.