HI Problem With ActiveX control In WIN32 Applications

The following outline describes the steps that need to be taken to create a Non-MFC C++ application that can contain ActiveX/COM controls and how to go about accessing those controls.

Add following lines to stdafx.h:
  #include <atlbase.h>
  extern CComModule _Module;
  #include <atlcom.h>
  #include <atlhost.h>

Add Following logic to main .cpp file:
At top:
  CComModule _Module;

At beginning of WinMain:
  _Module.Init(NULL,hInstance);
  AtlAxWinInit();

At the end of WinMain:
   _Module.Term()

#import the proper .dll,.ocx for the control you want to access and make sure to include the following options for the #import - raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids

// To Access An Object
1. Use the ATL CComPtr<> Template Class to Create An Instance Of The Interface.
      CComPtr<ISomething> pObject;
NOTE: ISomething is the interface we want access to. "Something" will be the actual name of the COM interface.

2. Use the GetDlgControl() API to obtain a handle to the control you have placed in your dialog and fill pObject with it's contents.
GetDlgControl(IDC_SOMETHING,IID_ISomething, (void **)&pObject);
NOTE: IDC_SOMETHING will be the control ID defined in your dialog, IID_ISomething will be the named guid of the interface we are obtaining.

3. Use the interface.
   pObject->SomeMethod1();
   pObject->SomeMethod2();
    ...


Here is an example of a Class that we could use to access an ACTIVEX/COM object from within a dialog. All classes that we create to do this should resemble this format:

#ifndef __NEWDLG_H_
#define __NEWDLG_H_

#include "resource.h"       // main symbols
#include <atlhost.h> // ALLOWS HOSTING OF COM/ACTIVEX CONTROLS IN DIALOG
#import "SomeDllOrOcx" raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids  

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CNewDlg
class CNewDlg :
public CAxDialogImpl<CNewDlg> // USE THE ATL CAxDialogImpl Template Class
{
public:
CNewDlg() // Constructer()
{
}

~CNewDlg() // Destructer()
{
}

BEGIN_MSG_MAP(CNewDlg)
MESSAGE_HANDLER(WM_INITDIALOG, OnInitDialog)
COMMAND_ID_HANDLER(IDOK, OnOK)
COMMAND_ID_HANDLER(IDCANCEL, OnCancel)
      ...
      // CUSTOM CONTROL HANDLERS
COMMAND_HANDLER(IDC_MYBUTTON, BN_CLICKED, OnClickedMybutton)
      ...
END_MSG_MAP()

// Handler prototypes:
//  LRESULT MessageHandler(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL& bHandled);

//  LRESULT CommandHandler(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled);

//  LRESULT NotifyHandler(int idCtrl, LPNMHDR pnmh, BOOL& bHandled);

    LRESULT OnInitDialog(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL& bHandled)
{
return 1;  // Let the system set the focus
}

LRESULT OnOK(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
{
EndDialog(wID);
return 0;
}

LRESULT OnCancel(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
{
EndDialog(wID);
return 0;
}
public :

BEGIN_SINK_MAP(CNewDlg)
//Make sure the Event Handlers have __stdcall calling convention
END_SINK_MAP()

      // EXAMPLE OF ACCESSING OF A CONTROL
LRESULT OnClickedMybutton(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
{
CComPtr<ISomething> pObject;
GetDlgControl(IDC_SOMEID,IID_ISomething, (void **)&pObject);
pObject->SomeMethod1();
pObject->SomeMethod2();
pObject->SomeMethod3();
return 0;
}
};

#endif //__NEWDLG_H_

Sorry,
  I meant to originally post this as an answer.

The following outline describes the steps that need to be taken to create a Non-MFC C++ application that can contain ActiveX/COM controls and how to go about accessing those controls.

Add following lines to stdafx.h:
  #include <atlbase.h>
  extern CComModule _Module;
  #include <atlcom.h>
  #include <atlhost.h>

Add Following logic to main .cpp file:
At top:
  CComModule _Module;

At beginning of WinMain:
  _Module.Init(NULL,hInstance);
  AtlAxWinInit();

At the end of WinMain:
   _Module.Term()

#import the proper .dll,.ocx for the control you want to access and make sure to include the following options for the #import - raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids

// To Access An Object
1. Use the ATL CComPtr<> Template Class to Create An Instance Of The Interface.
      CComPtr<ISomething> pObject;
NOTE: ISomething is the interface we want access to. "Something" will be the actual name of the COM interface.

2. Use the GetDlgControl() API to obtain a handle to the control you have placed in your dialog and fill pObject with it's contents.
GetDlgControl(IDC_SOMETHING,IID_ISomething, (void **)&pObject);
NOTE: IDC_SOMETHING will be the control ID defined in your dialog, IID_ISomething will be the named guid of the interface we are obtaining.

3. Use the interface.
   pObject->SomeMethod1();
   pObject->SomeMethod2();
    ...


Here is an example of a Class that we could use to access an ACTIVEX/COM object from within a dialog. All classes that we create to do this should resemble this format:

#ifndef __NEWDLG_H_
#define __NEWDLG_H_

#include "resource.h"       // main symbols
#include <atlhost.h> // ALLOWS HOSTING OF COM/ACTIVEX CONTROLS IN DIALOG
#import "SomeDllOrOcx" raw_interfaces_only, raw_native_types, no_namespace, named_guids  

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CNewDlg
class CNewDlg :
public CAxDialogImpl<CNewDlg> // USE THE ATL CAxDialogImpl Template Class
{
public:
CNewDlg() // Constructer()
{
}

~CNewDlg() // Destructer()
{
}

BEGIN_MSG_MAP(CNewDlg)
MESSAGE_HANDLER(WM_INITDIALOG, OnInitDialog)
COMMAND_ID_HANDLER(IDOK, OnOK)
COMMAND_ID_HANDLER(IDCANCEL, OnCancel)
      ...
      // CUSTOM CONTROL HANDLERS
COMMAND_HANDLER(IDC_MYBUTTON, BN_CLICKED, OnClickedMybutton)
      ...
END_MSG_MAP()

// Handler prototypes:
//  LRESULT MessageHandler(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL& bHandled);

//  LRESULT CommandHandler(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled);

//  LRESULT NotifyHandler(int idCtrl, LPNMHDR pnmh, BOOL& bHandled);

    LRESULT OnInitDialog(UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam, BOOL& bHandled)
{
return 1;  // Let the system set the focus
}

LRESULT OnOK(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
{
EndDialog(wID);
return 0;
}

LRESULT OnCancel(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
{
EndDialog(wID);
return 0;
}
public :

BEGIN_SINK_MAP(CNewDlg)
//Make sure the Event Handlers have __stdcall calling convention
END_SINK_MAP()

      // EXAMPLE OF ACCESSING OF A CONTROL
LRESULT OnClickedMybutton(WORD wNotifyCode, WORD wID, HWND hWndCtl, BOOL& bHandled)
{
CComPtr<ISomething> pObject;
GetDlgControl(IDC_SOMEID,IID_ISomething, (void **)&pObject);
pObject->SomeMethod1();
pObject->SomeMethod2();
pObject->SomeMethod3();
return 0;
}
};

#endif //__NEWDLG_H_

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