Use ActiveX controls

You select an ActiveX control and paste it into a window and then double-click it. Its configuration dialog box appears.

When you configure an ActiveX control, you can give it a unique control name. The control name can then be referenced in scripts.

Use an ActiveX control in an InTouch application

1. Install the ActiveX control. See Install and remove ActiveX controls.

2. Select and paste the ActiveX control into an InTouch window.

3. Configure the ActiveX control properties and bind them to tags.

4. Associate ActiveX events to ActiveX Event scripts.

5. Call ActiveX methods and set ActiveX control properties in ActiveX Event scripts, or other InTouch QuickScripts.

Place an ActiveX control in a window

6. On the Draw menu, in the Insert group, select Wizards.

   The Wizard Selection dialog box appears.

   

7. In the list of wizards, select the ActiveX Controls category. All available ActiveX controls appear in the display area.

8. Double-click the ActiveX control to use. The dialog box closes and the cursor changes to the corner symbol.

9. Select the location to paste the ActiveX control.

Add ActiveX controls to the toolbar

10. On the Draw menu, in the Insert group, select Wizards.

    The Wizard Selection dialog box appears.

11. Select the ActiveX control to add.

12. Select Add to toolbar.

Remove ActiveX controls from the toolbar

13. On the Draw menu, in the Insert group, select Wizards.

    The Wizard Selection dialog box appears.

14. Select Remove from toolbar. The Remove Wizard from Toolbar dialog box appears.

15. Select the ActiveX control to remove.

16. Select OK.