Whats the best (and easiest) way of building a VBX?

Thanxxx in advance.

Hello,

...ehhhh.... Use Visual Basic ????? ;-)

greetz -frank korpershoek-

  The original poster appears to be seriously asking a question, so I
will jump in to point out that you cannot (seriously folks) write a
VBX in visual basic.

As to the best way, I have no opinion.

cheers,
Tom

Reusable code in VB???? gasp!  Anyhow, as a serious answer to your
question, the "best" way is to use VC++, and there is no "easiest"
way.  I suppose it could be done with Delphi, but there's no
documentation on how to do it.  You'd have to look at all the C++
documentation and try to translate.  BTW, if you're going to be using
32-bit Windows soon, you may not want to waste your time with VBX's
and write OCX's.  The specs are available from microsoft.

-David Prothero
-International Technology Group
-Salem, Oregon

It is as easy to write VBXs in Borland C++, Watcom C++, Borland Pascal
7.0 and Delphi. VC++ as the "best" is a myth (shame on you for propogating
such "microfugit" nonsense). Very sophisticated VBXs could be written
in Delphi using VCL components, but why bother. VBXs should be dead
(as they can only be 16bit.)

Vince
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I figured VBX's could be created with Delphi... I haven't found
anything I couldn't do with it that I could do with C.  I suppose my
reasoning for saying VC++ was "best" is because the VBX standard is
microsoft's, and I've seen the most documentation for creating VBX's
with VC++...

However, all of this is a pointless discussion... why use VBX's when
you've got Delphi... (as well as VBX's being only 16bit).

-David Prothero
-International Technology Group
-Salem, Oregon

Whats the best (and easiest) way of building a VBX?

Thanxxx in advance.

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Hi,

Well, don't like to say it, but.. try using Visual Basic.... ;-)
I guess you don'y want to build a VBX, but a visual component. Delphi
i sshipped with a Components writer guide, where the process of
building one is described....

greetz -frank korpershoek-

DP> However, all of this is a pointless discussion... why use VBX's w
DP> you've got Delphi... (as well as VBX's being only 16bit).

Entirely true. I laugh my head off each time I create a new component,
simply because its so damn easy! :)

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Why bother?  Because after you get 32 bit delphi, you can recompile and
release as OCX.

Regards,
Don.

Subject: Re: Need help on building a VBX

     And they are heavily tied to C++.  It does say any language that can do
pointers can do it, but it mentions NOTHING about them.

     It just expects that everyone knows how every underworking of the C++
model works, and how it creates its Virtual tables, or use C++.

     I think they did that to try to force more people to C++.

     I did not expect sample code in anything else, but at least the VBX docs
you can read it without having to know C.  (Which I do). The VBX CDK
explains, "Pointer goes here", "here is the structure in memory"...

     Not the OCX docs.

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