Reference
A collection of articles on various topics that interest me. Written mostly in order to document my own solutions to problems, and published in the hope that they may help others save some time.
2010
Debugging ActiveX Controls in Internet Explorer 8
Debugging ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer 8 has become a little bit more complicated compared to previous versions of the browser. In IE 5, 6 and 7 it was sufficient to host the ActiveX control in a web site and hit the F5 key from within Visual Studio. In the latest browser version this no longer possible, because of the browser’s new process model. This article describes the few extra steps required to attach Visual Studio to a debug session and enable breakpoints and other features.
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OnDraw, OnDrawAdvanced in CComCompositeControl ATL Controls
When derriving ActiveX controls from CComCompositeControl the virtual functions OnDraw and OnDrawAdvanced are not being called.
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2007
Visual C++ Express, Microsoft Windows SDK & Windows Vista 64-bit
This article describes how to use Visual Studio C++ 2005 Express Edition with the new Microsoft Windows SDK on 64-bit Windows Vista systems. It will, at least for the better part, apply to other Windows Operating systems as well.
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