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ActiveX

Creates an object for controlling an ActiveX control. Methods that the ActiveX control exposes through IDispatch can be called directly.

Extends: WIN32OLE

Members

Constructors

Properties

Methods


ActiveX

Constructor

Arguments

Arguments Default Description
name   ProgID or CLSID, as a string. Note that the CLSID format differs from WIN32OLE: it uses the CAxWindow::CreateControl format.
win null If given, the control is created on that window. If omitted, it becomes a standalone window.
left 0 Display position. If a window is given and this is omitted, the top-left of the window's client area.
top 0 Display position. If a window is given and this is omitted, the top-left of the window's client area.
width 100 Display size. If a window is given and this is omitted, the size of the parent window's client area.
height 100 Display size. If a window is given and this is omitted, the size of the parent window's client area.

Description

Constructor


isValidWindow

Property \ Access: r

Description

Whether the window is valid (read-only)


left

Property \ Access: r/w

Description

Left edge coordinate


top

Property \ Access: r/w

Description

Top edge coordinate


width

Property \ Access: r/w

Description

Width


height

Property \ Access: r/w

Description

Height


visible

Property \ Access: r/w

Description

Visibility


setPos

Method

Arguments

Arguments Default Description
left   Left edge coordinate.
top   Top edge coordinate.

Description

Sets the position


setSize

Method

Arguments

Arguments Default Description
width   Width.
height   Height.

Description

Sets the size


setExternalUI

Method

Description

Enables the external UI

Only meaningful for the IE component. In the current version, calling this suppresses the context menu.


onCreate

Method

Description

Event called after the window has been created

Called after the window is created, for example on initial creation or when switching to full screen. After re-creation, all registered events are discarded and various other state is reset, so re-apply whatever you need inside this event.


onDestroy

Method

Description

Event called before the window is destroyed

Called before the window is destroyed, for example when switching to full screen or when the object is destroyed.