VBX - Visual Basic ActiveX and COM Programming
The Visual BasicActiveX and COM Programming training course provides students with the concepts and techniques they need to build real-world ActiveX and COM applications in Visual Basic. Topics include a discussion of Objects and Classes, Binding, Creation and Destruction of Objects, Class Construction, Properties, Methods, Events, COM Components, Handling Class Errors, Collections, Creating COM Objects, Packing and Deploying, and more.
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Working with Object Variables
Understanding Classes and Objects
Creating an Object Instance
Comparing Late and Early Binding
Destroying an Object
Using an Object with Events
Creating Classes
Creating a Class
Adding a New Class to a Project
Working with Class Module Events
Creating Class Properties
Creating Class Methods
Creating Class Events
Working with COM Components
Understanding COM Components
Referencing a COM Component
Creating Objects from a COM Component
Using a COM Component
Enhancing Classes
Handling Class Errors
Creating Named Constants
Adding Descriptive Information
Defining a Default Property
Working with Collections
Working with the Intrinsic Collection Class
Looping Through Object Collections
Creating a Collection
Creating an Object Model
Creating COM Components
Comparing Types of COM Components
Creating a COM Component Project
Setting Class Module Properties for a Component
Declaring Friend Properties and Methods
Implementing a Component Class
Testing a COM Component
Compiling a COM Component
Registering a COM Component
Creating ActiveX Controls
Understanding ActiveX Controls
Designing the User Interface
Creating Properties
Creating Methods
Creating Events
Creating Property Pages
Compiling an ActiveX Control Component
Packaging and Deploying with Components
Distributing Components Individually
Licensing an ActiveX Control
Compiling an Application
Packaging an Application
Deploying an Application