MFC, Custom ActiveX control built on a Standard (comctl32.ocx) ActiveX Control

Custom ActiveX control built on a Standard (comctl32.ocx) ActiveX Control

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Neal Glove #1 / 2	Custom ActiveX control built on a Standard (comctl32.ocx) ActiveX Control I've been asked to create a ListView ActiveX control (among others) that adds a few properties (that drastically alter appearance) of the standard ListView ActiveX control. This control will be for sale at some point. Can anyone address the legalities and/or feasability of this (or point me to a source). If I were just wrapping the common control with a MFC class I wouldn't have any questions on either. But, since I'll be needing to ownerdraw the ListView ActiveX to make this work, and comctl32.ocx will have to be distributed with it I have numerous questions on both. Also, if I have to implement largely from scratch, I'll have to re-implement all the properties for this and the other controls. Can someone point me to a tutorial or page that will guide me in implementing some of the odd properties, those that don't pertain directly to the control class itself. (databound stuff, tooltips, etc.) Thanks, Neal neal glover at kih dot net
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 03:00:00 GMT

Peter Stade #2 / 2	Custom ActiveX control built on a Standard (comctl32.ocx) ActiveX Control A better approach might be to subclass the listview using the subclass option (available when you create an atl project using the atl wizard) this is completely legal - there are no (to my understanding) issues regarding this - that's why they make the wizard to let you do it.... I thought comctl32.dll was part of the os? is it not? -Peter Quote: >I've been asked to create a ListView ActiveX control (among others) that >adds a few properties (that drastically alter appearance) of the standard >ListView ActiveX control. This control will be for sale at some point. >Can anyone address the legalities and/or feasability of this (or point me to >a source). If I were just wrapping the common control with a mfc class I >wouldn't have any questions on either. But, since I'll be needing to >ownerdraw the ListView ActiveX to make this work, and comctl32.ocx will have >to be distributed with it I have numerous questions on both. >Also, if I have to implement largely from scratch, I'll have to re-implement >all the properties for this and the other controls. Can someone point me to >a tutorial or page that will guide me in implementing some of the odd >properties, those that don't pertain directly to the control class itself. >(databound stuff, tooltips, etc.) >Thanks, >Neal >neal glover at kih dot net
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 03:00:00 GMT

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