Kevin
Fri Apr 22 09:02:07 CDT 2005
Oh my goodness! I forgot to post the link!
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/components/activex/tutorial.asp
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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
What You Seek Is What You Get.
"Steven Craig Basham" <sbasham@REMOVETHISFIRSTgilbraltardesign.com> wrote in
message news:eHwhVgzRFHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>? I must've missed something: I can't find the following MSDN article you
> mention. Would you mind trying again for me?
>
> Again, thank you for all of your help!
>
> Steven Craig Basham
>
> "Kevin Spencer" <kevin@DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com> wrote in message
> news:utfz8OzRFHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> First, congratulations! Nice work.
>>
>> I believe the following MSDN article , and the related sections you'll
> find
>> with it, will answer your questions. If you still need help, come on
>> back!
>>
>> --
>> HTH,
>>
>> Kevin Spencer
>> Microsoft MVP
>> .Net Developer
>> What You Seek Is What You Get.
>>
>> "Steven Craig Basham" <sbasham@REMOVETHISFIRSTgilbraltardesign.com> wrote
> in
>> message news:ui78BMrRFHA.3140@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > Kevin,
>> > Hopefully you can point me in the right direction. I've created the
>> > activex control I needed and used microsoft's control panel to embed it
> in
>> > my webpage. It worked beautifully!!... until I tried to run the web
> page
>> > from another machine. Am I correct in thinking that I will have to
>> > register
>> > the control in every machine prior to the web page viewing? If so, it
>> > didn't look simple... suggestions?
>> >
>> > TIA,
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > "Kevin Spencer" <kevin@DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ubAFg6eRFHA.996@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi Steven,
>> >>
>> >> No, it wouldn't work. VBA is a language for extending existing
>> > applications.
>> >> A web page is not an application. A web page is a text document that
>> >> is
>> >> returned to the browser as a result of a Request to a web server or a
>> > local
>> >> HTML file.
>> >>
>> >> What you're talking about is not something a web page can do. It isn't
>> >> something a web server can do. It is something only a custom
> application
>> > can
>> >> do. In your case, you would need to write an ActiveX control (in VB,
> NOT
>> >> VBA) and embed that in a web page.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> HTH,
>> >>
>> >> Kevin Spencer
>> >> Microsoft MVP
>> >> .Net Developer
>> >> What You Seek Is What You Get.
>> >>
>> >> "Steven Craig Basham" <sbasham@REMOVETHISFIRSTgilbraltardesign.com>
> wrote
>> > in
>> >> message news:u$UuUseRFHA.252@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Hello. As you'll see very quickly I am not a web programmer. One
>> >> > of
>> >> > my
>> >> > co-workers uses front page to create an intraweb site for the
> company.
>> > I
>> >> > wrote some code in vba that will open a word document and print
>> >> > specific
>> >> > pages from it. However, I mistakenly assumed that it would run like
>> > other
>> >> > vba modules (excel, word, etc.) and allow me to place a button on
>> >> > the
>> > page
>> >> > that will kick off my sub-routines. If it can do this, I would
> greatly
>> >> > appreciate someone telling me what I am missing. If not... how do I
> go
>> >> > about running macros in vba from a web page? Maybe I'm looking at
>> >> > it
>> >> > incorrectly. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Steven Craig Basham
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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