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With its new 32-bit platform, Microsoft had abandoned the VBX standard for OCX controls. Today's programmers will have to be skilled with both control types in order to create applications that will be sufficient for people who may or may not have upgraded to Win95. Cilwa shows readers the easy solution to this problem, telling how to move from the world of 16-bit programming to 32-bit, without suffering from the transition.
This definitive guide,
written by the leading software components expert, gives you the tools and
techniques to develop great Windows applications using custom controls. You'll
learn how to get more out of VBX controls, how to migrate VBXs to OCXs, and how
to write component-style code that is tight, bullet-proof, and truly reusable.
Windows 95 and Windows 32-bit programming in general has introduced the need for
a new kind of custom control that will operate within the powerful 32-bit
platform. But the transition from VBXs to OCXs takes great skill and practice.
Cilwa's innovative solution is to build controls that can help you make the
transition and, in some cases, serve double duty. This book is especially
designed for all C/C++ programmers who want to perfect their skills in writing
16- and 32-bit custom controls VBXs and OCXs. Programmers who use Visual Basic
will also find this book helpful because it shows how to build tools that will
work with Visual C++, Borland C++, and Visual Basic.
| Introduction | ||
| Chapter 1 | The Power of Software Components | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | OCXs: The Wave of the Future? | 23 |
| Chapter 3 | A VBX Skeleton Revisited | 29 |
| Chapter 4 | Creating a Vendor-Free GDI Class Library | 51 |
| Chapter 5 | Creating a Vendor-Free text Class | 87 |
| Chapter 6 | Implementing the VBX++ Class Library | 111 |
| Chapter 7 | Introducing the VBX Genie | 169 |
| Chapter 8 | Creating the User Interface | 177 |
| Chapter 9 | Generating Code | 223 |
| Chapter 10 | Self-Installing IDE Tools | 235 |
| Chapter 11 | Creating a Setup Program for VBX Genie | 261 |
| Chapter 12 | A VBX for the Find and Replace Dialogs | 297 |
| Chapter 13 | Adding Tool Tips to Standard Controls | 317 |
| Chapter 14 | What Is This Thing Called COM? | 347 |
| Chapter 15 | Creating a Simple OCX | 365 |
| Chapter 16 | Working With OCX Stock Properties | 391 |
| Chapter 17 | Custom OCX Properties | 411 |
| Chapter 18 | Custom Methods and Events | 437 |
| Appendix A | A Few Notes on the Tools | 455 |
| Appendix B | Combination VBX/OCXs | 459 |
| Appendix C | Using the Companion CD-ROM | 461 |
| Index | 465 |