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Create an ocx (create a control) from VB to put in your own applications. This is an example on how

Create an ocx (create a control) from VB to put in your own applications. This is an example on how to do this. (Walkthrough)

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Walkthrough to create your own ocx files
	    By Jessy Butzke


Hey it's me again and I wanted to tell you how to create your own ocx files.
In this example we will create an ocx file that will put the word hello into
a text box within a control.

Step 1.
	Open up VB and select Active X Control from the list.
	(This will open up a form without a caption bar.)

Step 2.
	Put a command button and textbox onto the form (Active X Control)

Step 3.
	Copy the code below: and paste into your Active X Control Project
	


	Option Explicit
	Event OnFocus()

	Public Property Let BoxText(ByVal Word As String)
    		Text1.Text$ = Word$
	End Property

	Public Property Get BoxText() As String
    		BoxText$ = Text1.Text
	End Property

	Private Sub Command1_Click()
    		Me.BoxText = "Hello"
	End Sub

	Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
    		RaiseEvent OnFocus
	End Sub
	


NOTE: BoxText Will Set a value into the text box and retrieve what's in the
      textbox.
NOTE: BoxText will also be located in the properties window when you use this
      control in a Standard Exe project.

Step 4.
	After you have put this code with textbox and command button into
        the Active X control, Click on File then "Make *.OCX" 
        (* is the name of your ocx)

Step 5.
	Open up a new VB project and select the Standard Exe icon from the menu.

Step 6.
	Click on Project and then onto components and select this ocx file
	from this list after you click on browse.

NOTE: You will now have this control in your VB Project.

NOTE: If you want to learn more about creating your very own control,
      E-Mail me at [email protected] and I will help. Other 
      information includes:
      if, from within VB you want the About property to bring up an about
      box just like a real OCX file, or if you want a custom property to set
      at design time.