Tutorials for creating an ActiveX Control in Code::Blocks

Question

Hi there. I need to write an ActiveX control and have never written one before.

I'd appreciate being pointed to some useful tutorials.

I'm also wanting to implement it under Code::Blocks. Has anyone done this before? how easy is it?

Note: I've found a number of tutorials, but they are either for visual basic, or visual c++ based. these tools do all the hard work for you. I need to implement it from scratch with Code::Blocks as I do not have those other tools available.

Answer 1

As I thought, it looks like I need to write the COM interfaces myself. I'll need to start with a DLL project in Code::Blocks

Found these two tutorials which look like they are heading down the right track.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/comintro.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/comintro2.aspx

Answer 2

VLC has an ActiveX control made without the use of Visual C++ libraries. You can have a look at the git repository here