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Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: garygriffiths on April 27, 2005, 04:19:10 AM

Hi

I am trying to integrate the Farpoint Spread 7 dll control into the firefly toolbox. I am aware that integration now requires a ctl file, however I am not sure how to go about creating this file.

Also, is the inc file also still required.

Any help on this subject would be most appreciated.

Love Firefly 2.0

Thanks

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: TechSupport on April 27, 2005, 08:38:42 AM

Hi Gary,

Is the Farpoint Spread control an ActiveX control or is it a pure standard Windows DLL ??? If it is an ActiveX control then integrating it into the Toolbox will be difficult. If it is a standard DLL then maybe it could work.

You and I would have to work together on this. There is no real definitive information about creating the ctl file. It is usually faster for me to create it because I need to usually test the integration. In the future, I hope to develop some type of GUI that would help the user create their own ctl files.

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: garygriffiths on April 27, 2005, 11:16:03 PM

Hi Paul

I would really appreciate you help. Maybe I could send you the dll and any other files that you require. Then if we are able to integrate the dll successfuly, maybe we could offer the ctl file to others.

Kind Regards

Gary

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: TechSupport on April 27, 2005, 11:50:26 PM

Sure Gary, sounds like a plan. Please email me the files and I will try my best to do the integration.

Title: CTL File Creation
Post by: David Gwillim on July 22, 2005, 09:15:49 AM

Paul,

Are there still plans for documenting the .CTL file creation, or providing a GUI for creating them?

Thanks,

Dave

Title: Re: CTL File Creation
Post by: TechSupport on July 22, 2005, 10:45:35 AM

Quote from: David GwillimPaul,

Are there still plans for documenting the .CTL file creation, or providing a GUI for creating them?

Thanks,

Dave

Unfortunately not. I remember that the files that Gary sent me were not suitable to create a CTL file from. Basically, he is using the OCX version of the control rather than the DLL.

Title: .CTL Complexity issue
Post by: David Gwillim on July 26, 2005, 10:15:33 AM

Hi Paul,

I guess then that figuring out whether a particular control is integratable or not with FireFly is a complex issue. Is there some kind of simple check that can be done with a control to determine (roughly) whether it would be a waste of your time to have it sent to you?

Thanks.

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: TechSupport on July 26, 2005, 10:36:40 AM

It is not really a complex issue per se. If the control is an ActiveX control then it is extremely hard to integrate it into the Toolbox (impossible?). You are much better using the OCX control and adding it that way.

If the control is a pure Win32 DLL (not an ActiveX DLL) then the integration is much, much, easier. It is like a case by case kind of thing.

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: Anonymous on July 31, 2005, 02:49:47 PM

Has anyone submitted RMChart? If not, can I submit it, or should I email the author and ask if he will?

(DLL Version)

Thanks!

John

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: TechSupport on July 31, 2005, 03:53:00 PM

RMChart has not been submitted. I would be happy to include it in the FireFly distribution if the author wishes.

Title: Adding 3rd Party Custom Control
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2005, 11:23:20 PM

Hey Paul,

I checked Rainer Morgen (the creator) and he said it's fine with him to integrate it.

You can contact him at rm@rmchart.com for confirmation / technical specifics.

I really appreciate it. If you need me to do anything to help, let me know!

Thanks ! ! !

John

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