On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:35:30 -0600, "VBen" <bmorayta@compucaremexico.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:35:30 -0600, "VBen" <bmorayta@compucaremexico.com>
wrote:
>
> ¤ 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.
> ¤
>
> I'm not sure whether this will help you but it's the closest support there
is for an OLE container
> control in .NET:
>
> Visual C++ ActiveX Control for hosting Office documents in Visual Basic or
HTML
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311765
>
> You can also use the Web Browser control but I don't believe that would
give you the functionality
> you need.
>
> I'm not aware of any consideration for support of an OLE container control
in Visual Basic 2005.
>
>
> Paul ~~~ pclement@ameritech.net
> Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)