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Activexfromjavaapplication?

IsitpossibletoeasilyembedActiveXcontrolsinJavaapplication?Isitworthit.InmynextprojectIshouldeitheruseexistingactivexinJavaapp
orhavetoreimplementeverythingfromscratch,soI'mwonderingwhatwillbelesshassle.
java windows activex
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askedOct27'08at9:21

Marko
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Idon'tthinkthere'sawaytodothiswithoutresortingtoathirdpartylibrary.(Orrollingyourown,
butyoudidsay"easily".)
SWT(The"StandardWidgetToolkit")containssupportforembeddingActiveXcontrols.SWTis
analternativetoSwing,thoughthereisadegreeofinteroperabilitybetweenthem.
Here's anexampleofembeddingWindowsMediaPlayerinanSWTwindow.
Alternativelythere'stheJacobproject,thoughIhaven'tusedthatmyself.
Asfor"isitworthit?"Well,IcansayfromexperiencethatSWTmakesitrelativelyeasy,but
unlessyourapplicationcangracefullydealwithnothavingthemavailable,byrelyingonCOM
componentsyouarelosingtheabilitytorunonmultipleplatformsthatmakesJavaattractivein
thefirstplace.
editedOct27'08at11:18

answeredOct27'08at10:26

alexmcchessers
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Itreallydependsonhowmuchyouaregoingtohavetoreimplement.TheJacobprojectisquite
good(weuseitextensivelyforautomationofExcelandWord),butyouhavetoreally understand
COMtouseit,especiallythevagariesoftheIDispatchinterface(veryfewpeoplewhouse
ActiveX/COMactuallyunderstandCOMtheyjustrelyonMicrosoft'stemplategeneration).
IfyouarejusttryingtosaveyourselfsometypingforsomesimpleDAOobjects,you'llprobably
bebetteroffreimplementing(heck,youcouldprobablytaketheDTDandwriteascriptto
generateJavacodeforit).
answeredOct28'08at2:26

KevinDay
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http://www.codeproject.com/KB/crossplatform/javacom.aspx?msg=1776281mighthelpifyou're
willingtodostuffbyhand...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/239395/activexfromjavaapplication

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windowsActivexfromjavaapplication?StackOverflow

Doesn'tseemquiteasflexiblethough...
editedFeb4'11at0:20

answeredFeb4'11at0:14

rogerdpack
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