Generated Controls |
There are a few different methods that Chameleon uses to generate custom controls for supporting Visual Basic.
The easiest thing to do is to use the Stubcode Generation window in Chameleon to create a project. This table summarizes the options you will see:
| Option | Description |
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| VB 6.0 - ActiveX Control | Generates an ActiveX object which is dropped on to a form in VB 6.0. |
| VB 6.0 - COM Control | Generates a COM object which is referred to in the source code of the project. |
The first version of Chameleon generated stubcode that had to be manually added to a Visual Basic project. For backwards compatibility, this method is still supported. However, new projects should use either the ActiveX control generation or the COM object because either option is much more convenient.
In all cases, the generated control or stubcode will be placed in a directory called ./<prefix>, which is immediately below the directory your message definition file is located.
The next sections will discuss the difference between using the generated ActiveX control and the generated COM object. The names of these controls will vary depending on the prefix you have picked to control their generation.
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Chameleon requires Visual Basic Professional and above to support the generation of custom ActiveX controls. The Standard and Learning Editions of Visual Basic do not support the generation of custom controls. | ||
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