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Hi, guys.
How's it going? Since many users were having a problem while loading the extension I'm now releasing it as beta until we get rid of that nasty error. :cry:
Could you guys please test this installer? I've done some code refining and other stuff so it's safe to use and test though it's beta.
Note: it'll only work with Multimedia Fusion Developer 2 and build 248.
Thank you.
Thanks for deprecating COM to Beta.
We are all hoping for insight and a forthcoming fix to the problem so it can go back to release ASAP.
Keep us posted on your sleuthing, byo.
I just installed it and it has not crashed ... yet. Last time it decided to take a break from crashing for a while, but then started back up again.
This version worked fine for me.
I opened all the examples, and it didn't crash. Good Work!
I have a question
Could I make this work like Internet Explorer, except that it would return the positions of images and stuff? Because that way I could make a browser without having to add all the parsering stuff.
This version is working for me! No crashes! :)
Good to know, guys.
Keep me updated, please. ;)
MechaBowser: if the object contains properties to retrieve those values you mention, I see no reason why it wouldn't be able to do so.
Thanks a lot for letting me know, guys.
Does the database example need installed on my computer to work?
Its referencing sqlexpress and I don't think I have that so it locked up, but all the other examples worked great.
Hi, Jeff.
Nice to know it's working ok. About the SQL Server example, yes, you need to have the SQL Server driver installed and for that you need to either install MSDE (which is compatible with Windows XP and below) or SQL Server Express (which is Vista compatible).
EDIT: If you're using MSDE instead of SQL Express replace the "(local)\SQLExpress" with "(local)".
I'll try adding some more examples when I have some available time. :)
I've been working 14 hours a day these last months.
One little remark: this extension will not retrieve a property that returns a windows handle or a pointer object for obvious reasons. It'll only work with any properties that can be converted to integer, string and floats directly.
I loved working on this extension and I'll love to see some examples from the users.
Thank you all and party on. :)
If no more loading crashes are reported I'll soon release it as final. Some new examples will be added as well.
Right now, for those who want to learn more about the objects, I recommend downloading COM and OLE viewers. There are some good ones which are free. This way you can see which objects you have already installed with Windows and get to know their properties and methods. Just google "COM viewer" or "OLE viewer". I use the one which comes with Visual C++ so I didn't test any other.
:)
I can't seem to find any viewer at all.
Here's the official one:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/oleview/1.00.0.1/nt5/en-us/oleview_setup.exe
okay so I found the one I needed, called "Internet Explorer(ver 1.0)". But how do I use it, exactly? And how do I know the commands?
Click on the object you want with the right mouse button and then choose "View Type Information". Another window will open. Then find the coClass InternetExplorer on the left listbox and expand the group. Expand any of the four interfaces (like IWebBrowser2) and expand the group Methods. This will give you the methods and properties with a quick description of what they do and return.
When you first open the window after clicking "View Type Information" all this information is shown although in not a user-friendly way in the editbox to the right.
Note that if the object is visual and embeddable you should use the Activex extension instead because the COM+ extension doesn't replace that one, It's just a companion. :)
Also, there is an example that shows a basic use of the InternetExplorer.Application object in teh Examples\COM+ folder. Take a try. :)
I agree about users making examples. One would hope that users who have a grasp of this will share what they discover.
This Extension is rather wide-open and capable of some powerful things, so there is a lot of room for the demonstration of those capabilities.
This is exciting because there is a lot of exploration and discovery ahead ;)
While the final version is not yet released I'll post some other examples that will make into the final so you guys can test them. Please tell me what you think or if you can run them without a problem. ;)