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Getting events to work with ActiveX control in IE

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Jere #1 / 5	Getting events to work with ActiveX control in IE Hi, I am trying to put a combo box on an HTML page, with the following object tag: <html><body> <OBJECT ID="Combo1" NAME="Combo1" CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" LANGUAGE="VBS"> <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="160"> <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> </OBJECT> ...Etc. I can't get it to generate any events in VB Script. I have tried adding this to the object tag: afterupdate="TestSub()" ...and adding a script block with a sub called "TestSub", and also tried this sort of thing: <script language=VBS> Sub Combo1_AfterUpdate() msgbox "Hello!" End Sub </script> ...but my script is never called. What is going on? Should this work? Also: Can anyone tell me where I can find help on using this ActiveX control? I can't seem to find much about it (ie what the parameters do, what events it supports, etc). (I got the HTML by exporting an MS Access form to an ASP file). Any help appreciated - thanks. Jere
Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:31:24 GMT

Alex K. Angelopoulo #2 / 5	Getting events to work with ActiveX control in IE A couple of things... (1) That CLSID belongs to FM20.DLL. Its progid is Forms.ComboBox, so you will find references to it as either of those. (2) I think the problem here is that you need to somehow bind an OnChange to the data, and I am totally useless on figuring out how to do that. Here's a modified form of the HTML page you had which demonstrates that "standard" events from the object are correctly handled by IE.. <html> <SCRIPT FOR=Combo1 EVENT=onblur language=VBScript> msgbox "Hello!" </script> <body> <OBJECT ID=Combo1 CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" LANGUAGE="VBScript" height=24 onChange="vbscript:hi"> <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="10"> <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> </OBJECT> </body> <html> : Hi, : : I am trying to put a combo box on an HTML page, with the following object : tag: : : <html><body> : <OBJECT ID="Combo1" : NAME="Combo1" : CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" : LANGUAGE="VBS"> : <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> : <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> : <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> : <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> : <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> : <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> : <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="160"> : <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> : <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> : <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> : <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> : <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> : <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> : <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> : <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> : </OBJECT> : ...Etc. : : I can't get it to generate any events in VB Script. I have tried adding this : to the object tag: : : afterupdate="TestSub()" : : ...and adding a script block with a sub called "TestSub", and also tried : this sort of thing: : : <script language=VBS> : Sub Combo1_AfterUpdate() : msgbox "Hello!" : End Sub : </script> : : ...but my script is never called. What is going on? Should this work? : : Also: Can anyone tell me where I can find help on using this ActiveX : control? I can't seem to find much about it (ie what the parameters do, what : events it supports, etc). (I got the HTML by exporting an MS Access form to : an ASP file). : : Any help appreciated - thanks. : Jere : : :
Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:59:19 GMT

jim_ #3 / 5	Getting events to work with ActiveX control in IE hi Jere, I don't think you are going to have any luck with the afterUpdate event, as it pertains to the forms 2.0 combo box. There is no such event for the combo (at least on ofc2k). The closest event I see (for the combo) is the change event. There IS an afterUpdate event, but it applies to the forms 2.0 control collection. That leads one to suspect that the combo would have to be instantiated on a Forms 2.0 FORM (so as to have a controls collection present), rather than being instantiated in IE. But how you would work that into an html script using a forms 2.0 control (i.e., your combo box) is beyond me. Maybe a more knowledgable person can come along and answer that. There have been many postings in the past, from people having trouble with using forms 2.0 controls in IE. cheers, jw Quote: > Hi, > I am trying to put a combo box on an HTML page, with the following object > tag: > <html><body> > <OBJECT ID="Combo1" > NAME="Combo1" > CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" > LANGUAGE="VBS"> > <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> > <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> > <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> > <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> > <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> > <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> > <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="160"> > <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> > <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> > <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> > <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> > <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> > <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> > <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> > <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> > </OBJECT> > ...Etc. > I can't get it to generate any events in VB Script. I have tried adding this > to the object tag: > afterupdate="TestSub()" > ...and adding a script block with a sub called "TestSub", and also tried > this sort of thing: > <script language=VBS> > Sub Combo1_AfterUpdate() > msgbox "Hello!" > End Sub > </script> > ...but my script is never called. What is going on? Should this work? > Also: Can anyone tell me where I can find help on using this ActiveX > control? I can't seem to find much about it (ie what the parameters do, what > events it supports, etc). (I got the HTML by exporting an MS Access form to > an ASP file). > Any help appreciated - thanks. > Jere
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:55:53 GMT

Jere #4 / 5	Getting events to work with ActiveX control in IE You're right - OnChange works. Strange, I am sure I tried that one too - must have got something else wrong. Thanks everyone. -J "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <alex_angelopoulos_at_hotmail_dot_com_remove__> wrote A couple of things... (1) That CLSID belongs to FM20.DLL. Its progid is Forms.ComboBox, so you will find references to it as either of those. (2) I think the problem here is that you need to somehow bind an OnChange to the data, and I am totally useless on figuring out how to do that. Here's a modified form of the HTML page you had which demonstrates that "standard" events from the object are correctly handled by IE.. <html> <SCRIPT FOR=Combo1 EVENT=onblur language=VBScript> msgbox "Hello!" </script> <body> <OBJECT ID=Combo1 CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" LANGUAGE="VBScript" height=24 onChange="vbscript:hi"> <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="10"> <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> </OBJECT> </body> <html> : Hi, : : I am trying to put a combo box on an HTML page, with the following object : tag: : : <html><body> : <OBJECT ID="Combo1" : NAME="Combo1" : CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" : LANGUAGE="VBS"> : <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> : <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> : <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> : <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> : <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> : <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> : <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="160"> : <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> : <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> : <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> : <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> : <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> : <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> : <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> : <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> : </OBJECT> : ...Etc. : : I can't get it to generate any events in VB Script. I have tried adding this : to the object tag: : : afterupdate="TestSub()" : : ...and adding a script block with a sub called "TestSub", and also tried : this sort of thing: : : <script language=VBS> : Sub Combo1_AfterUpdate() : msgbox "Hello!" : End Sub : </script> : : ...but my script is never called. What is going on? Should this work? : : Also: Can anyone tell me where I can find help on using this ActiveX : control? I can't seem to find much about it (ie what the parameters do, what : events it supports, etc). (I got the HTML by exporting an MS Access form to : an ASP file). : : Any help appreciated - thanks. : Jere : : :
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:33:17 GMT

Alex K. Angelopoulo #5 / 5	Getting events to work with ActiveX control in IE You probably had 22 other items reconfigured at the same - time that's what I do when something I believe should work doesn't... :) Quote: > You're right - OnChange works. Strange, I am sure I tried that one too - > must have got something else wrong. > Thanks everyone. > -J > "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <alex_angelopoulos_at_hotmail_dot_com_remove__> wrote > A couple of things... > (1) That CLSID belongs to FM20.DLL. Its progid is Forms.ComboBox, so you > will find references to it as either of those. > (2) I think the problem here is that you need to somehow bind an OnChange to > the data, and I am totally useless on figuring out how to do that. Here's a > modified form of the HTML page you had which demonstrates that "standard" > events from the object are correctly handled by IE.. > <html> > <SCRIPT FOR=Combo1 EVENT=onblur language=VBScript> > msgbox "Hello!" > </script> > <body> > <OBJECT ID=Combo1 > CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" > LANGUAGE="VBScript" height=24 onChange="vbscript:hi"> > <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> > <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> > <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> > <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> > <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> > <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> > <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="10"> > <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> > <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> > <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> > <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> > <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> > <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> > <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> > <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> > </OBJECT> > </body> > <html> > : Hi, > : > : I am trying to put a combo box on an HTML page, with the following object > : tag: > : > : <html><body> > : <OBJECT ID="Combo1" > : NAME="Combo1" > : CLASSID="CLSID:8BD21D30-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3" > : LANGUAGE="VBS"> > : <PARAM NAME="BackStyle" VALUE="1"> > : <PARAM NAME="BackColor" VALUE="16777215"> > : <PARAM NAME="BorderStyle" VALUE="1"> > : <PARAM NAME="BorderColor" VALUE="0"> > : <PARAM NAME="DisplayStyle" VALUE="3"> > : <PARAM NAME="ForeColor" VALUE="0"> > : <PARAM NAME="FontHeight" VALUE="160"> > : <PARAM NAME="Font" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> > : <PARAM NAME="ShowDropButtonWhen" VALUE="2"> > : <PARAM NAME="FontName" VALUE="MS Sans Serif"> > : <PARAM NAME="Size" VALUE="7072;400"> > : <PARAM NAME="SpecialEffect" VALUE="2"> > : <PARAM NAME="ListRows" VALUE="8"> > : <PARAM NAME="BoundColumn" VALUE="1"> > : <PARAM NAME="VariousPropertyBits" VALUE="746604571"> > : </OBJECT> > : ...Etc. > : > : I can't get it to generate any events in VB Script. I have tried adding > this > : to the object tag: > : > : afterupdate="TestSub()" > : > : ...and adding a script block with a sub called "TestSub", and also tried > : this sort of thing: > : > : <script language=VBS> > : Sub Combo1_AfterUpdate() > : msgbox "Hello!" > : End Sub > : </script> > : > : ...but my script is never called. What is going on? Should this work? > : > : Also: Can anyone tell me where I can find help on using this ActiveX > : control? I can't seem to find much about it (ie what the parameters do, > what > : events it supports, etc). (I got the HTML by exporting an MS Access form > to > : an ASP file). > : > : Any help appreciated - thanks. > : Jere > : > : > :
Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:44:36 GMT

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