ActiveX Components?

[Anon]

I was wondering how I implement ActiveX components with PHP, when all I have for the ActiveX component is a .dll file. Because I have zero experience with ActiveX, I have no idea how to use the COM function with this particular component. What exactly does the PHP.net documentation mean when it says that the syntax for COM is COM("server.object")? There is no documentation at all on the particular ActiveX Component I want to implement, and any help would be VERY appreciated.

[toma42]

The server.object is the name of the activex control you want to use. You can find the class names within your dll by creating a new project in Visual Basic and adding the dll under Project->References then using the Object Browser.

Here's some code I used where I create my object, have it query a stored procedure then I get a oledb record set object:

$pt = new COM('MyDLL.Patient');
$pt->SetConnectString(CONNECT_STRING);
$pt -> Lookup();
// Lookup the patient info
$rs = $pt->GetRecordset();

Hope this helps, if your still having trouble, check out http://www.ciwbootcamp.com. They do a great job teaching this stuff.

[Anon]

Tom,
Thanks for your help but I still have a question: Where do I put the DLL after I figure out its name and all that? Thanks again.

[toma42]

doesn't matter..just register it in windows by running

regsvr32 c:\path\to\dll\file.dll