What Is the ATL Control-Hosting API?

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What Is the ATL Control-Hosting API? ..

Answer / mushtaq ahmad

ATL's control-hosting API is the set of functions that
allows any window to act as an ActiveX control container.
These functions can be statically or dynamically linked
into your project since they are available as source code
and exposed by ATL80.dll. The control-hosting functions are
listed in the table below.

Function Description
AtlAxAttachControl
Creates a host object, connects it to the supplied window,
then attaches an existing control.

AtlAxCreateControl
Creates a host object, connects it to the supplied window,
then loads a control.

AtlAxCreateControlLic
Creates a licensed ActiveX control, initializes it, and
hosts it in the specified window, similar to
AtlAxCreateControl.

AtlAxCreateControlEx
Creates a host object, connects it to the supplied window,
then loads a control (also allows event sinks to be set up).

AtlAxCreateControlLicEx
Creates a licensed ActiveX control, initializes it, and
hosts it in the specified window, similar to
AtlAxCreateControlLic.

AtlAxCreateDialog
Creates a modeless dialog box from a dialog resource and
returns the window handle.

AtlAxDialogBox
Creates a modal dialog box from a dialog resource.

AtlAxGetControl
Returns the IUnknown interface pointer of the control
hosted in a window.

AtlAxGetHost
Returns the IUnknown interface pointer of the host object
connected to a window.

AtlAxWinInit
Initializes the control-hosting code.

AtlAxWinTerm
Uninitializes the control-hosting code.

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What Is the ATL Control-Hosting API? ..

Answer / mushtaq ahmad

ATL's control-hosting API is the set of functions that
allows any window to act as an ActiveX control container.
These functions can be statically or dynamically linked
into your project since they are available as source code
and exposed by ATL80.dll. The control-hosting functions are
listed in the table below.

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