The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
Google access?

ActiveX EXE.
I have written an ActiveX EXE called AxUSB. The entry is through the class
named Entry.
I have successfully connected to it from my main app but now I need to
figure out how to do what I really need with it.
I have Subs and Functions access that work correctly.

I need to access AxUSB from several forms and AxUSB does generate Events.
If I use this following method it simplifies my development process but I do
not know how to work with events. Can it be done? How?
AxUSB is an object.
The event is named DataEvent
Const csAxUSB As String = "AxUSB.Entry"
    Set g_AxUSB = GetObject(cEmptyString, csAxUSB)
How do I set up for events using this?

If I do the following way, the development process keeps needing resetting
the Reference.

    Set g_AxUSB = New AxUSB.Entry

The only way I think I understand how to make it all play the way I
ultimately need is as follows.
I have coded enough to make the simple non-event case work fine for both
methods of instantiation.
Using the second method (not preferred).

Instantiate in the main form with
Private WithEvents AxUSB As AxUSB.Entry

Then the second form must call into the main form to get access to the
interface Subs and Functions. Or can I somehow do all that access in a .bas
that is common to all forms? Or do I write a class that raises an event that
nany form can get?
OK, I am trying to interface hardware and want to make the data come and go
as quickly as possible so the fewer things I have to go through the better.
I guess the long pole is the AxUSB interface due to the way data is moved.
Currently, I have all the time critical suff coded in the AxUSB and am seeing
it talk very quickly to the hardware.

Just needs some of your thoughts so maybe something will gel with me and I
can proceed. Never done this before and I know I am coming in through the
back door, but I am learning. Yeah, retired and trying to keep learning.
Sorry, I am a little slow.

Is this the only way or can it be done more better?

The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
Google access?

ActiveX EXE.
I have written an ActiveX EXE called AxUSB. The entry is through the class
named Entry.
I have successfully connected to it from my main app but now I need to
figure out how to do what I really need with it.
I have Subs and Functions access that work correctly.

I need to access AxUSB from several forms and AxUSB does generate Events.
If I use this following method it simplifies my development process but I do
not know how to work with events. Can it be done? How?
AxUSB is an object.
The event is named DataEvent
Const csAxUSB As String = "AxUSB.Entry"
    Set g_AxUSB = GetObject(cEmptyString, csAxUSB)
How do I set up for events using this?

If I do the following way, the development process keeps needing resetting
the Reference.

    Set g_AxUSB = New AxUSB.Entry

The only way I think I understand how to make it all play the way I
ultimately need is as follows.
I have coded enough to make the simple non-event case work fine for both
methods of instantiation.
Using the second method (not preferred).

Instantiate in the main form with
Private WithEvents AxUSB As AxUSB.Entry

Then the second form must call into the main form to get access to the
interface Subs and Functions. Or can I somehow do all that access in a .bas
that is common to all forms? Or do I write a class that raises an event that
nany form can get?
OK, I am trying to interface hardware and want to make the data come and go
as quickly as possible so the fewer things I have to go through the better.
I guess the long pole is the AxUSB interface due to the way data is moved.
Currently, I have all the time critical suff coded in the AxUSB and am seeing
it talk very quickly to the hardware.

Just needs some of your thoughts so maybe something will gel with me and I
can proceed. Never done this before and I know I am coming in through the
back door, but I am learning. Yeah, retired and trying to keep learning.
Sorry, I am a little slow.

Is this the only way or can it be done more better?

The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
Google access?

ActiveX EXE.
I have written an ActiveX EXE called AxUSB. The entry is through the class
named Entry.
I have successfully connected to it from my main app but now I need to
figure out how to do what I really need with it.
I have Subs and Functions access that work correctly.

I need to access AxUSB from several forms and AxUSB does generate Events.
If I use this following method it simplifies my development process but I do
not know how to work with events. Can it be done? How?
AxUSB is an object.
The event is named DataEvent
Const csAxUSB As String = "AxUSB.Entry"
    Set g_AxUSB = GetObject(cEmptyString, csAxUSB)
How do I set up for events using this?

If I do the following way, the development process keeps needing resetting
the Reference.

    Set g_AxUSB = New AxUSB.Entry

The only way I think I understand how to make it all play the way I
ultimately need is as follows.
I have coded enough to make the simple non-event case work fine for both
methods of instantiation.
Using the second method (not preferred).

Instantiate in the main form with
Private WithEvents AxUSB As AxUSB.Entry

Then the second form must call into the main form to get access to the
interface Subs and Functions. Or can I somehow do all that access in a .bas
that is common to all forms? Or do I write a class that raises an event that
nany form can get?
OK, I am trying to interface hardware and want to make the data come and go
as quickly as possible so the fewer things I have to go through the better.
I guess the long pole is the AxUSB interface due to the way data is moved.
Currently, I have all the time critical suff coded in the AxUSB and am seeing
it talk very quickly to the hardware.

Just needs some of your thoughts so maybe something will gel with me and I
can proceed. Never done this before and I know I am coming in through the
back door, but I am learning. Yeah, retired and trying to keep learning.
Sorry, I am a little slow.

Is this the only way or can it be done more better?

The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
Google access?

ActiveX EXE.
I have written an ActiveX EXE called AxUSB. The entry is through the class
named Entry.
I have successfully connected to it from my main app but now I need to
figure out how to do what I really need with it.
I have Subs and Functions access that work correctly.

I need to access AxUSB from several forms and AxUSB does generate Events.
If I use this following method it simplifies my development process but I do
not know how to work with events. Can it be done? How?
AxUSB is an object.
The event is named DataEvent
Const csAxUSB As String = "AxUSB.Entry"
    Set g_AxUSB = GetObject(cEmptyString, csAxUSB)
How do I set up for events using this?

If I do the following way, the development process keeps needing resetting
the Reference.

    Set g_AxUSB = New AxUSB.Entry

The only way I think I understand how to make it all play the way I
ultimately need is as follows.
I have coded enough to make the simple non-event case work fine for both
methods of instantiation.
Using the second method (not preferred).

Instantiate in the main form with
Private WithEvents AxUSB As AxUSB.Entry

Then the second form must call into the main form to get access to the
interface Subs and Functions. Or can I somehow do all that access in a .bas
that is common to all forms? Or do I write a class that raises an event that
nany form can get?
OK, I am trying to interface hardware and want to make the data come and go
as quickly as possible so the fewer things I have to go through the better.
I guess the long pole is the AxUSB interface due to the way data is moved.
Currently, I have all the time critical suff coded in the AxUSB and am seeing
it talk very quickly to the hardware.

Just needs some of your thoughts so maybe something will gel with me and I
can proceed. Never done this before and I know I am coming in through the
back door, but I am learning. Yeah, retired and trying to keep learning.
Sorry, I am a little slow.

Is this the only way or can it be done more better?

Bee wrote:
> The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
> comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
> Google access?

Well, yes, there's the google groups webreader but why in the world
anybody puts up w/ it for reading/posting is beyond ken...

It's useful for topic searches and historical archives but outside that
it sucks big time.

....

Sorry, I know very little ActiveX so I'll pass on that to somebody who
does... :)

--

Bee wrote:
> The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
> comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
> Google access?

Well, yes, there's the google groups webreader but why in the world
anybody puts up w/ it for reading/posting is beyond ken...

It's useful for topic searches and historical archives but outside that
it sucks big time.

....

Sorry, I know very little ActiveX so I'll pass on that to somebody who
does... :)

--

Bee wrote:
> The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
> comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
> Google access?

Well, yes, there's the google groups webreader but why in the world
anybody puts up w/ it for reading/posting is beyond ken...

It's useful for topic searches and historical archives but outside that
it sucks big time.

....

Sorry, I know very little ActiveX so I'll pass on that to somebody who
does... :)

--

Bee wrote:
> The little more first. How/where do I access the newsgroup
> comp.lang.basic.visual.misc other than through a newsreader? Is there a
> Google access?

Well, yes, there's the google groups webreader but why in the world
anybody puts up w/ it for reading/posting is beyond ken...

It's useful for topic searches and historical archives but outside that
it sucks big time.

....

Sorry, I know very little ActiveX so I'll pass on that to somebody who
does... :)

--

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:58:01 -0700, Bee <Bee@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:


>
>I need to access AxUSB from several forms and AxUSB does generate Events.
>If I use this following method it simplifies my development process but I do
>not know how to work with events. Can it be done? How?
>AxUSB is an object.
>The event is named DataEvent
>Const csAxUSB As String = "AxUSB.Entry"
>    Set g_AxUSB = GetObject(cEmptyString, csAxUSB)
>How do I set up for events using this?
>

If AxUSB is declared as an Object then you can't capture Events, ie.
you need to use early binding, late binding will not work.

This is because of the way VB manages and creates Event Sinks.
There are some Rube Goldberg methods you might employ, but it doesn't
sound like you need to go there.

>If I do the following way, the development process keeps needing resetting
>the Reference.
>

This always a problem with creating an ActiveX.

Using Project and Binary Compatibility with both your client and
server can help.

The best policy is to design and create the Interface first. If you
find you need to add major 'blocks' of functionality consider defining
additional Interfaces (objects) instead.

>
>Instantiate in the main form with
>Private WithEvents AxUSB As AxUSB.Entry
>
>Then the second form must call into the main form to get access to the
>interface Subs and Functions. Or can I somehow do all that access in a .bas
>that is common to all forms? Or do I write a class that raises an event that
>nany form can get?

Assuming your client is only going to use one instance, simply create
the object once and then create a simple constructor for each of your
forms and classes to pass the reference them.

hth
-ralph

On Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:58:01 -0700, Bee <Bee@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:


>
>I need to access AxUSB from several forms and AxUSB does generate Events.
>If I use this following method it simplifies my development process but I do
>not know how to work with events. Can it be done? How?
>AxUSB is an object.
>The event is named DataEvent
>Const csAxUSB As String = "AxUSB.Entry"
>    Set g_AxUSB = GetObject(cEmptyString, csAxUSB)
>How do I set up for events using this?
>

If AxUSB is declared as an Object then you can't capture Events, ie.
you need to use early binding, late binding will not work.

This is because of the way VB manages and creates Event Sinks.
There are some Rube Goldberg methods you might employ, but it doesn't
sound like you need to go there.

>If I do the following way, the development process keeps needing resetting
>the Reference.
>

This always a problem with creating an ActiveX.

Using Project and Binary Compatibility with both your client and
server can help.

The best policy is to design and create the Interface first. If you
find you need to add major 'blocks' of functionality consider defining
additional Interfaces (objects) instead.

>
>Instantiate in the main form with
>Private WithEvents AxUSB As AxUSB.Entry
>
>Then the second form must call into the main form to get access to the
>interface Subs and Functions. Or can I somehow do all that access in a .bas
>that is common to all forms? Or do I write a class that raises an event that
>nany form can get?

Assuming your client is only going to use one instance, simply create
the object once and then create a simple constructor for each of your
forms and classes to pass the reference them.

hth
-ralph