Beginning ActiveX - Part 1

"Choose COM; choose OLE Servers using Distributed COM; choose Remote Clients; choose 32-bit Object Orientated Programming with Visual Basic, Choose ActiveX. I chose not to choose ActiveX..." Or so a recent pop song never went. You've heard all this hype from the Microsoft spindoctors about how ActiveX will revolutionise the way we wash our cars. The burning question is: is this true?

Well, it may not quite help us to wash our cars, but it is certainly another great weapon to add to our programming arsenal. In this article, I will take you through the A to X of ActiveX control programming. So without further ado...