Re: ATL Control cannot be used in VB .NET

From:
"Scot T Brennecke" <ScotB@MVPs.spamhater.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:41:25 -0500
Message-ID:
<u1qpK9#wJHA.4324@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
So, since the ATL control works in IE, there's a good chance there's nothing wrong with your C++/ATL
code. Why post in an ATL newsgroup? Seems like VB. NET has a problem.

<arthur.mailing@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:64e0634d-8a2a-4214-85a0-a7a75b049fce@k41g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...

Hello,

I created an ActiveX Control in ATL, which I can succesfully use in
for instance Internet Explorer. When I want to put that object in a
VB.NET (2003) app, I get some problems.

First I 'Import' the control, using Visual Studio, so there are COM
Interop DLLs created. Then I insert the control in the toolbox and
drag/drop on a form. The control is succesfully created.

However, when I run the VBApp, it crashes. The debugger tells me that
it gets a 'Class Not Registered' error.

Same when I create a pushbutton and create the object manually:

Dim AxQuest3DCtrl As Object
AxQuest3DCtrl = CreateObject("MyControl.MyCtrl.1") //crashes here
If AxQuest3DCtrl Is Nothing Then
MsgBox("Ach en wee")
End If

Does anyone have a suggestion? It works fine when creating the control
in IE with VBScript and the same 'CreateObject' statement...

Greets,
Arthur

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