Axhelper

AXHELPER - v14

axhelper <i>

Function

Utility program which extracts the ProgIds of currently installed ActiveX controls.

Parameters

none	This is an independent executable and should be run as a utility program.

Notes

The utility called axhelper.exe extracts the ProgIds of currently installed ActiveX controls (if you already know the ProgId you need for the relevant OCX then you can simply skip the steps in part 1.

1. Utilizing the axhelper.exe utility

a. First you start the axhelper.exe program and make the appropriate selection from the available checkboxes;

- "load activex from the following registry tree"

- "list only activex controls"

b. Now the utility will load the appropriate ActiveX list

c. Next, by double-clicking on the list you open a dialog from which you can extract the appropriate ProgId

2. Now you should start the ActiveX2Eagle program using the following syntax

ActiveX2Eagle "[DESTINATION PATH]" [ProgId]

For example for the Excel ActiveX

ActiveX2Eagle "C:\Controls\ExcelStubs" OWC.Spreadsheet.9

OWC : Office Web Component - is a collection of components included in Microsoft Office which can be plugged into development applications. The components included are Spreadsheet, Chartspace, Pivot chart and Data source component.

3. The files resulting from the ActiveX2Eagle generation are now in this case located in the directory C:\Controls\ExcelStubs where the Eagle stubs need to control from within Eagle ALL of the properties and functions exposed by the ActiveX that you originally selected.