hello friends
i would like to know is there any possibilty to pass form as a object in a public function in ocx.
i.e.
public sub loadText(mfrm as form)

'code goes here

end sub
i wish to use some codings like this but while compling it retruns an error like public objects cannot be compiled in an public declared active x control

is there any idea or solution
regards


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Vidhya Dharmena Shobathe [education worths only in combination with truth]

try to post your code, so we can determine the code source problem.

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Been busy trying to take a second degree <--it's not working out...

if you have a object compiled as ocx , and
useing components add it to your forms

Example: Command1

private sub command_click()
  command1.MyFunction "helo World"
end sub


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Telecommunication programmer.
Sip, Isdn - technology.

For ActiveX project, to pass controls like Forms, TextBox, etc... you can only use late binding, e.g. declare as Object

Public Sub DoSomething(frm As Object)
...
End Sub

To further make sure the object is the one you expect, you can do type checking in your code (e.g.)

If TypeOf frm Is Form Then

End If


NOTE:
There's a problem tough I notice, is when I have 2 development PC, say A and B, and I have compile the OCX on both PC before.
When I compile in PC A, then I bring the project (with OCX) to PC B to continue development, no error BUT the OCX didn't work as expected (I'm using Binary Compatibility, and in the OCX I passed in a control which then I checked if the TypeOf matches the control I will set reference to).
What I mean by didn't work as expected is, it didn't SET the variable in my OCX to the object passed in in PC B, but its working fine in PC A.
When I re-compile in PC B, it works fine already, but when I bring back to PC A, it's not working as expected AGAIN, I have to recompile...

So, I decided to use Debug.Print to let me know what is actually happening.

I notice this, let say I pass in a TextBox object, during checking of TypeOf (e.g. TypeOf ctrlpassedin Is TextBox)
1. In the SAME development PC I compile, it returns TRUE.
2. In the other development PC, it returns FALSE. (When it's actually a TEXTBOX!)

Any ideas?? I think it has something to do with the registry settings (when you compile)... or its just another VB Bug?


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