ActiveX Example 2 - Embed a Reusable Part

This example shows how you can embed a LANSA ActiveX reusable part to a Visual Basic form. The LANSA ActiveX component is the grid showing skill details for an employee:

Source that makes up this example:  

Name Type Description AXPANELA Visual LANSA Component Visual LANSA Source Project1 Visual Basic Project Project Definition Form1 Visual Basic Form Visual Basic - Code Session.cfg Configuration file Session Configuration (Session.cfg)

Refer to Embed a Reusable Part for the source code.

Step 1. Add the Visual LANSA Component

In this step you create the LANSA ActiveX reusable part containing a grid:

To create the LANSA ActiveX control:

1.  Open the LANSA editor and create a new component named AXPANELA, type Reusable Part.

2.  Copy and paste into the Visual LANSA Editor the source code from Case 2 - Visual LANSA Source.

3.  Use the Set ActiveX Attributes command in the ribbon.

4.  Compile the component.

Step 2. Add the Visual Basic Form

In this step you create the Visual Basic form which contains the LANSA ActiveX control:

To create the form:

1.  Complete the General Setup Tasks to create a new Visual Basic project.

2.  Close Visual Basic.

3.  Start Notepad, open the form (Form<n>.frm) created in the General Setup Tasks.

4.  Replace the code in Notepad with the source code from Case 2 - Visual Basic - Object, then save it.

5.  Open the Project (Project<n>.vbp) in your Visual Basic development environment.

6.  Open the form (Form<n>.frm)

7.  Replace the code with the source code from Case 2 - Visual Basic - Code, then Save it.

8.  Right-click in the Visual Basic toolbox and select Components from the popup menu.

9.  Scroll down and check LANSA.AXPANELA.  This will add an icon for the AXPANEL control to the toolbox

10.  Click on the AXPANELIA icon to select it and on the form drag out a rectangle and release the left mouse key to include the LANSA ActiveX control to the form:

11. View the properties of the ActiveX control and change the name from AXPANELA1 to AXPANELA.

     Notes:

• If your Toolbox is not displayed, click View then Toolbox.

• To view the forms user interface design, Click View, then click Object from the Menu or by using the Project Pane.

12. In the LOAD routine modify the login script below to your requirements.  For example:

      Call ConnectToLansa("user1", "mypassword", "c:\ActiveXTests\session.cfg")

 

13. Save, then compile the Visual Basic Project using the Make Project<n>.exe option in the File menu.

     You can now view the sample Personnel data by executing the program and typing in an Employee Number, then clicking on Show.