CSE775 - Distributed Objects

Lecture #18 - ActiveX Controls

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Office Hours:Instructor & TAs

Content:

1. Syllabus
   Describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
2. Project #2, Final Projects
3. Project #2 Helpers:
   
   Project2 OutProc Console Demo, Project2 OutProc Dialog Demo
4. Road to ActiveX Controls:
   
   Automation Presentation
   This presentation discusses the standard COM IDispatch interface.

   Raw C++ Automation Project using IDispatch
   Here, an automation server is build with ATL and its client is build in C++ without using MFC or ATL. This too is somewhat complicated, although not as bad as the Connection Point example below.

   Connectable Objects
   Introduction to Connection Points.
   Connection Points Demo - Simple ATL Object with callbacks to C# client
   Step-by-Step Connection Points
   

5. ActiveX Controls:
   
   ActiveX Controls Presentation
   ActiveX controls have many duties to their containers and the user. A full control supports an enormous number of interfaces.
   ActiveX Control Demo with properties and connection points
   Step-by-Step ActiveX Controls
   
6. C# and COM interop - C++ calls C#
   
7. Threads Help
   Help with Win32 and C# threads and synchronization.