The ActiveX Object inserts an ActiveX control into your template or form. Once it inserts the control, PC-DMIS displays the Insert ActiveX Control dialog box.
Insert ActiveX Control dialog box
This dialog box allows you to select the type of control you want to insert from a list of known controls on your computer. The controls in the Object Type list are unique to each computer, based on the programs installed on your computer. ActiveX controls expand the possibilities of what you can do in a form or template. For example, you could insert a chart control and then with Visual BASIC code, pass measurement routine data to dynamically create the chart.
PC-DMIS ActiveX Controls
PC-DMIS ships with ActiveX controls, most of which are related to feature analysis. The feature analysis controls appear in certain cells of the GridControlObject on some of the standard labels that come with PC-DMIS. In general, the software uses these controls to display graphical analysis information. You can insert these into your own templates or forms from the Insert ActiveX Control dialog box.
The PC-DMIS ActiveX controls related to feature analysis are shown here with graphical examples:
Dimension
Report Linear2 (Surfer NT Style Control):
The PC-DMIS ActiveX control that is not related to feature analysis is:
DataFileFormatControl
This control allows the interpretation of .dat files (logo.dat, elogo.dat,
and header.dat) in your template-based reports. See "Some
PC-DMIS ActiveX Controls" and "Using
.DAT Files in Generated Reports".
As with any other object, the PC-DMIS ActiveX object also contains properties, both standard and unique, that you can modify using the Properties dialog box. The topic below contains information on accessing those properties.
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Accessing an ActiveX Object’s Methods and Properties from Basic
