Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 Tutorial

James Ashley

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Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 is a new bridging tool allowing developers to use .NET Forms and .NET UserControls in VB6. This tutorial demonstrates how to add webservices, multithreading, and XAML to VB6 projects. It also provides custom C# Interop UserControl templates for use with the Toolkit.

csinteropusercontrolitemtemplate.zip
- __TemplateIcon.ico
- InteropUserControl.cs
- InteropUserControl.Designer.cs
- InteropUserControl.vstemplate
source_code.zip
- DailyDilbertControl
  - DailyDilbertControl.sln
  - DailyDilbertControl
    - ActiveXControlHelpers.vb
    - app.config
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        DailyDilbertControl.dll
        
        DailyDilbertControl.dll.config
        
        DailyDilbertControl.tlb
        
        DailyDilbertControl.xml
    - DailyDilbertControl.vbproj
    - Dilbert.bmp
    - DilbertService.Designer.vb
    - DilbertService.resx
    - DilbertService.vb
    - DoNothingControl.Designer.vb
    - DoNothingControl.vb
    - InteropUserControl.bmp
    - InteropUserControl.manifest
    - InteropUserControl.rc
    - InteropUserControl.RES
    - My Project
      - Application.Designer.vb
      - Application.myapp
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
      - Resources.Designer.vb
      - Resources.resx
      - Settings.Designer.vb
      - Settings.settings
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        DailyDilbertControl.dll
        
        DailyDilbertControl.xml
        
        TempPE
        
        My Project.Resources.Designer.vb.dll
        
        Web References.DDService.Reference.vb.dll
    - Resources
    - Web References
      - DDService
        
        DailyDiblert.disco
        
        DailyDiblert.wsdl
        
        Reference.map
        
        Reference.vb
- MultithreadedControl
  - ActiveXControlHelpers.vb
  - BackgroundWorker.Designer.vb
  - BackgroundWorker.resx
  - BackgroundWorker.vb
  - bin
    - Debug
      - MultithreadedControl.dll
      - MultithreadedControl.tlb
      - MultithreadedControl.xml
  - InteropUserControl.bmp
  - InteropUserControl.manifest
  - InteropUserControl.rc
  - InteropUserControl.res
  - MultithreadedControl.sln
  - MultithreadedControl.vbproj
  - My Project
    - Application.Designer.vb
    - Application.myapp
    - AssemblyInfo.vb
  - obj
    - Debug
      - MultithreadedControl.dll
      - MultithreadedControl.xml
      - TempPE
  - VB6Project
    - Form1.frm
    - Project1.vbp
    - Project1.vbw
- XamlEmbeddedForm
  - bin
    - Debug
      - PresentationCore.dll
      - PresentationCore.xml
      - System.Printing.dll
      - System.Printing.xml
      - XamlEmbeddedForm.dll
      - XamlEmbeddedForm.tlb
      - XamlEmbeddedForm.xml
      - XamlUserControl.dll
      - XamlUserControl.pdb
      - zh-CHS
        
        PresentationCore.resources.dll
        
        System.Printing.resources.dll
  - InteropForm Wrapper Classes
    - XamlForm.wrapper.vb
  - InteropInfo.vb
  - My Project
    - Application.Designer.vb
    - Application.myapp
    - AssemblyInfo.vb
    - Resources.Designer.vb
    - Resources.resx
    - Settings.Designer.vb
    - Settings.settings
  - obj
    - Debug
      - TempPE
      - XamlEmbeddedForm.dll
      - XamlEmbeddedForm.xml
  - VB6Project
    - Form1.frm
    - Project1.vbp
    - Project1.vbw
  - XamlEmbeddedForm.sln
  - XamlEmbeddedForm.vbproj
  - XamlForm.Designer.vb
  - XamlForm.resx
  - XamlForm.vb
- XamlUserControl
  - bin
    - Debug
      - XamlUserControl.dll
  - images
    - roundcornersheet.png
    - Star.png
  - obj
    - Debug
      - TempPE
      - UserControl1.baml
      - UserControl1.g.cs
      - XamlUserControl.dll
  - Properties
  - Trackball.cs
  - UserControl1.xaml
  - UserControl1.xaml.cs
  - XamlUserControl.csproj
csinteropusercontrolprojecttemplate.zip
- __TemplateIcon.ico
- ActiveXControlHelpers.cs
- assemblyinfo.cs
- csinteropusercontrollibrary.vstemplate
- InteropUserControl.bmp
- InteropUserControl.cs
- InteropUserControl.Designer.cs
- InteropUserControl.manifest
- InteropUserControl.rc
- InteropUserControl.res
- windowscontrollibrary.csproj
csharp_samples.zip
- CSDailyDilbertControl
  - CSDailyDilbertControl.sln
  - CSDailyDilbertControl
    - ActiveXControlHelpers.cs
    - app.config
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        CSDailyDilbertControl.dll
        
        CSDailyDilbertControl.dll.config
        
        CSDailyDilbertControl.tlb
    - CSDailyDilbertControl.csproj
    - Dilbert.bmp
    - DilbertService.cs
    - DilbertService.Designer.cs
    - DilbertService.resx
    - InteropUserControl.bmp
    - InteropUserControl.manifest
    - InteropUserControl.rc
    - InteropUserControl.res
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        CSDailyDilbertControl.dll
        
        Refactor
        
        TempPE
        
        Web References.DDService.Reference.cs.dll
    - Properties
    - Web References
      - DDService
        
        DailyDiblert.disco
        
        DailyDiblert.wsdl
        
        Reference.cs
        
        Reference.map
- CSMultithreadedControl
  - bin
    - Debug
  - CSMultithreadedControl.sln
  - CSMultithreadedControl
    - ActiveXControlHelpers.cs
    - BackgroundWorker.cs
    - BackgroundWorker.Designer.cs
    - BackgroundWorker.resx
    - bin
      - Debug
    - CSMultithreadedControl.csproj
    - InteropUserControl.bmp
    - InteropUserControl.manifest
    - InteropUserControl.rc
    - InteropUserControl.res
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        Refactor
        
        TempPE
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - obj
    - Debug
      - Refactor
      - TempPE
  - Properties
- CSXamlEmbeddedForm
  - CSXamlEmbeddedForm.sln
  - CSXamlEmbeddedForm
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        CSXamlEmbeddedForm.dll
        
        CSXamlEmbeddedForm.tlb
        
        PresentationCore.dll
        
        PresentationCore.xml
        
        System.Printing.dll
        
        System.Printing.xml
        
        XamlUserControl.dll
    - CSXamlEmbeddedForm.csproj
    - InteropForm Wrapper Classes
      - XamlForm.wrapper.cs
    - MyInteropToolbox.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        CSXamlEmbeddedForm.dll
        
        Refactor
        
        TempPE
    - XamlForm.cs
    - XamlForm.Designer.cs
    - XamlForm.resx
- Documents and Settings
  - jashley.CORPORATE
    - My Documents
      - Visual Studio 2005
        
        Projects
        
        CSMultithreadedControl
        
        CSMultithreadedControl
        
        bin
        
        Debug
        
        obj
        
        Debug
        
        Refactor
        
        TempPE
        
        Properties
      - XamlUserControl.dll
    - roundcornersheet.png
    - Star.png
    - UserControl1.baml
    - UserControl1.g.cs
    - XamlUserControl.dll
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - Resources.cs
    - Resources.resx
    - Settings.cs
    - Settings.settings
  - Trackball.cs
  - UserControl1.xaml
  - UserControl1.xaml.cs
  - XamlUserControl.csproj

#define RT_MANIFEST 24
1 RT_MANIFEST InteropUserControl.manifest
101 BITMAP InteropUserControl.bmp

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James is a program writer for a respectable software company. He is also a Microsoft MVP.

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