OLE

[ColdWaterBlue]

I am in the process of updating a VB 5 application to .NET (not just converting, actually re-coding everything). In the previous version, it was possible to Embed an object to a form and view it's contents. I know that .NET removed the OLE functionality and I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for a way to mimic the functionality. One of the ideas I have is to use Internet Explorer within the form to display the contents, whether its a picture or text document. I have never worked with this before and do not know if it will actually work for OLE functionality, and if it will I do not know how to get it started. If anybody has any suggestions or can point me to a website, I would appreciate it. ColdWaterBlue - Rock On

[LLINF]

You can use the WebBrowser control. If you just want the viewing functiopnality it's straightforward. If you want to perform more advanced OLE(inserting objects, getting references to objects and more) it's quite advanced stuff(compared to how it was done in VB6). For more information go to www.msdn.com(microsoft developer) and search for 'Web Browser' and you will find a number of articles about using the Web Browser in a windows form. Hope this will help you! LLINF LLINF