Day 16. Using ActiveX Controls to Move Business Logic from the Server to the Client
Today, you will learn how to build ActiveX controls and deploy them to a client. This process enables you to encapsulate the functionality of a Visual Basic form and reuse it in any container that can handle ActiveX controls. A container is an application that can act as a host to the ActiveX control and enable it to run. The two containers you will be using with your ActiveX controls today will be a Visual Basic Standard EXE and an HTML page in Internet Explorer. Today, you will learn about
ActiveX controls
Deciding when to use ActiveX controls
Using Visual Basic to build ActiveX controls
Signing and marking your controls safe to run
Deploying your controls
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