OLE Container for .NET

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user259261 picture user259261 · Jan 26, 2010 · Viewed 15.8k times · Source

I'm working on a project that requires me to load an OLE object and render it in a .NET WinForm app (C#). Unlike VB6 .NET has no built in OLE container, and the recommended approach is to use the WebBrowser control which supports displaying ActiveX content. The issue I have is the provider of the OLE object in question does not have an ActiveX control available.

Simply put is there any way to load an OLE object onto a WinForm? Or will I need to write an ActiveX control that loads the OLE Object? If the latter, does anyone have an example of this, or recommended reading material?

cheers,

Marc.

Answer

orellabac picture orellabac · Jan 23, 2012

I made a simple user control that provides a replacement for the VB6 OLE Container control you can download the source code from my blog: http://blogs.artinsoft.net/Mrojas/archive/2012/01/23/Quick-replacement-for-the-VB6-OLE-Container-Control-in-NET.aspx

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