Port ActiveX Controls to Other Applications
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You can use ActiveX controls developed in Visual C++ in other applications, as long as they support ActiveX control containment. A number of applications, including the following from Microsoft, support ActiveX control containment:
Internet Explorer 3.x
Internet Explorer 4.x
Visual Basic 4.x
Visual Basic 5.x
Visual Basic 6.0
Visual C++ 4.x
Visual C++ 5.0
Visual C++ 6.0
Access 95
Excel '97
Word '97
Access '97
Front Page '97
Power Point '97
Visual InterDev '97
The following are non-Microsoft applications that support ActiveX control containment:
PowerBuilder
Delphi
C++ Builder
NCompass Plug-in for Netscape Navigator
Note Visual FoxPro did not fully meet the containment guidelines in version 3.0 but will in the next version.