"VBen" <bmorayta@compucaremexico.com> wrote in message
news:u0wzzc4EFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi all.
> I have an application to draw and design different documents, that
> supports
> linking and embedding of other documents (like, for instance, Corel Draw
> or
> Word). Then, the user can print their designs "WYSIWYG", so I load the
> external document inside an OLE document container control (VB6), get a
> handle to the object and invoke OleDraw with the hDC that I want the
> object
> in.
> This have been working excellent, and this application is largely
> distributed among our clients.
> The problem is we want to migrate to .NET (any language, VB, C#, C++,
> ...),
> but there's no OLE container that lets me obtain a handle to an OLE
> document.
> I know you could import COM and ActiveX, but this particular control
> (included in VB6) CANNOT BE IMPORTED NOR INSERTED in .Net.
> Microsoft calls this a "migration issue" and warns us about it, but how,
> then, can I draw an Ole document inside our application (let alone open,
> edit, update, etc)?
> Is Microsoft planning to update this component for VS.Net 2005? Or is
> there
> an alternative?
> I know I could load an OLE document "the hard way", but those are methods
> so
> obscure, I get lost before even starting to insert the document in a
> container... If this is the only solution, is there an easy (as easy as
> this
> can be) example that can lead me to accomplish the insertion of a document
> inside mine?
> I know it can be done, because RTF editor lets you do it. It even lets you
> open and edit the document, and "paste special", but I don't seem to
> accomplish getting a handle to any of those inserted objects...
> Thank you for your time,
> VBen.
>
>

> See the blog at:
> http://blogs.vbcity.com/mcintyre/archive/2004/12/07/519.aspx
>
> Be sure to read the comments too ;-0
>
> --
> Mike
>
> Mike McIntyre
> Visual Basic MVP
> www.getdotnetcode.com
>
> "VBen" <bmorayta@compucaremexico.com> wrote in message
> news:u0wzzc4EFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all.
> > I have an application to draw and design different documents, that
> > supports
> > linking and embedding of other documents (like, for instance, Corel Draw
> > or
> > Word). Then, the user can print their designs "WYSIWYG", so I load the
> > external document inside an OLE document container control (VB6), get a
> > handle to the object and invoke OleDraw with the hDC that I want the
> > object
> > in.
> > This have been working excellent, and this application is largely
> > distributed among our clients.
> > The problem is we want to migrate to .NET (any language, VB, C#, C++,
> > ...),
> > but there's no OLE container that lets me obtain a handle to an OLE
> > document.
> > I know you could import COM and ActiveX, but this particular control
> > (included in VB6) CANNOT BE IMPORTED NOR INSERTED in .Net.
> > Microsoft calls this a "migration issue" and warns us about it, but how,
> > then, can I draw an Ole document inside our application (let alone open,
> > edit, update, etc)?
> > Is Microsoft planning to update this component for VS.Net 2005? Or is
> > there
> > an alternative?
> > I know I could load an OLE document "the hard way", but those are
methods
> > so
> > obscure, I get lost before even starting to insert the document in a
> > container... If this is the only solution, is there an easy (as easy as
> > this
> > can be) example that can lead me to accomplish the insertion of a
document
> > inside mine?
> > I know it can be done, because RTF editor lets you do it. It even lets
you
> > open and edit the document, and "paste special", but I don't seem to
> > accomplish getting a handle to any of those inserted objects...
> > Thank you for your time,
> > VBen.
> >
> >
>
>