On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:26:41 +0200 (CEST)
> Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:14:59 -0200
> > > "Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 10/28/06, Mattias Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Is there an ActiveX component for lazarus or can someone create
> > > > > one for the fpc units?
> > > >
> > > > What do you mean? You want to export LCL and other libraries on a
> > > > ActiveX component?
> > >
> > > No. There are a lot of people asking for activeX 'components' and
> > > fpc comes with activeX units. So, we need some 'visual' components
> > > to use them more easily.
> >
> > First we need DispatchInterface support in the compiler.
> > I am currently cooperating with someone on ActiveX, and it's a big
> > mess if you use the bare COM interfaces.
> >
> > To be able to work with it easily, we need IDispatch support, which we
> > don't have currently.
> >
> > Meanwhile I know how it works, so I could cooperate with Florian or
> > Peter to finish the IDispatch support in the compiler.
> >
> > Till this is done, it makes little or no sense to create ActiveX
> > components.
> >
> > What could be done already is create a IDL (or type library) to
> > pascal converter, to create the necessary interfaces for all ActiveX
> > components. Once the interfaces are created, it should be easy to add
> > the ActiveX components.
>
> Thanks. Is this mentioned in the wiki somewhere?
Not by me, that's for sure... ;)
Michael.
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