Registering OLE Controls

OLE controls, like other OLE server objects, can be accessed by other OLE-aware applications. This is achieved by registering the control's type library and class.

The following functions allow you to add and remove the control's class, property pages, and type library in the Windows registration database:

Registering OLE Controls

AfxOleRegisterTypeLib is typically called in a control DLL's implementation of DllRegisterServer. Similarly, AfxOleUnregisterTypeLib is called by DllUnregisterServer. AfxOleRegisterControlClass, AfxOleRegisterPropertyPageClass, and AfxOleUnregisterClass are typically called by the UpdateRegistry member function of a control's class factory or property page.

AfxOleRegisterControlClass

Registers the control class with the Windows registration database.

BOOL AFXAPI AfxOleRegisterControlClass(
    HINSTANCE hInstance,
    REFCLSID clsid,
    LPCTSTR pszProgID,
    UINT idTypeName,
    UINT idBitmap,
    int nRegFlags,
    DWORD dwMiscStatus,
    REFGUID tlid,
    WORD wVerMajor,
    WORD wVerMinor);

Parameters

hInstance
The instance handle of the module associated with the control class.

clsid
The unique class ID of the control.

pszProgID
The unique program ID of the control.

idTypeName
The resource ID of the string that contains a user-readable type name for the control.

idBitmap
The resource ID of the bitmap used to represent the OLE control in a toolbar or palette.

nRegFlags
Contains one or more of the following flags:

• afxRegInsertable Allows the control to appear in the Insert Object dialog box for OLE objects.

• afxRegApartmentThreading Sets the threading model in the registry to ThreadingModel=Apartment.

• afxRegFreeThreading Sets the threading model in the registry to ThreadingModel=Free.

  You can combine the two flags afxRegApartmentThreading and afxRegFreeThreading to set ThreadingModel=Both. See InprocServer32 in the Windows SDK for more information on threading model registration.

dwMiscStatus
Contains one or more of the following status flags (for a description of the flags, see OLEMISC enumeration in the Windows SDK):

• OLEMISC_RECOMPOSEONRESIZE

• OLEMISC_ONLYICONIC

• OLEMISC_INSERTNOTREPLACE

• OLEMISC_STATIC

• OLEMISC_CANTLINKINSIDE

• OLEMISC_CANLINKBYOLE1

• OLEMISC_ISLINKOBJECT

• OLEMISC_INSIDEOUT

• OLEMISC_ACTIVATEWHENVISIBLE

• OLEMISC_RENDERINGISDEVICEINDEPENDENT

• OLEMISC_INVISIBLEATRUNTIME

• OLEMISC_ALWAYSRUN

• OLEMISC_ACTSLIKEBUTTON

• OLEMISC_ACTSLIKELABEL

• OLEMISC_NOUIACTIVATE

• OLEMISC_ALIGNABLE

• OLEMISC_IMEMODE

• OLEMISC_SIMPLEFRAME

• OLEMISC_SETCLIENTSITEFIRST

tlid
The unique ID of the control class.

wVerMajor
The major version number of the control class.

wVerMinor
The minor version number of the control class.

Return Value

Nonzero if the control class was registered; otherwise 0.

Remarks

This allows the control to be used by containers that are OLE-control aware. AfxOleRegisterControlClass updates the registry with the control's name and location on the system and also sets the threading model that the control supports in the registry. For more information, see Technical Note 64, "Apartment-Model Threading in OLE Controls," and About Processes and Threads in the Windows SDK.

Example

// Member function implementation of class COleObjectFactory::UpdateRegistry
//
BOOL CMyAxCtrl::CMyAxCtrlFactory::UpdateRegistry(BOOL bRegister)
{
   // TODO: Verify that your control follows apartment-model threading rules.
   // Refer to MFC TechNote 64 for more information.
   // If your control does not conform to the apartment-model rules, then
   // you must modify the code below, changing the 6th parameter from
   // afxRegInsertable | afxRegApartmentThreading to afxRegInsertable.

   if (bRegister)
      return AfxOleRegisterControlClass(
          AfxGetInstanceHandle(),
          m_clsid,
          m_lpszProgID,
          IDS_NVC_MFCAXCTL,
          IDB_NVC_MFCAXCTL,
          afxRegInsertable | afxRegApartmentThreading,
          _dwMyOleMisc,
          _tlid,
          _wVerMajor,
          _wVerMinor);
   else
      return AfxOleUnregisterClass(m_clsid, m_lpszProgID);
}

The above example demonstrates how AfxOleRegisterControlClass is called with the flag for insertable and the flag for apartment model ORed together to create the sixth parameter:

afxRegInsertable | afxRegApartmentThreading,

The control will show up in the Insert Object dialog box for enabled containers, and it will be apartment model-aware. Apartment model-aware controls must ensure that static class data is protected by locks, so that while a control in one apartment is accessing the static data, it isn't disabled by the scheduler before it is finished, and another instance of the same class starts using the same static data. Any accesses to the static data will be surrounded by critical section code.

Requirements

Header afxctl.h

AfxOleRegisterPropertyPageClass

Registers the property page class with the Windows registration database.

BOOL AFXAPI AfxOleRegisterPropertyPageClass(
   HINSTANCE hInstance,
   REFCLSID  clsid,
   UINT idTypeName,
   int nRegFlags);

Parameters

hInstance
The instance handle of the module associated with the property page class.

clsid
The unique class ID of the property page.

idTypeName
The resource ID of the string that contains a user-readable name for the property page.

nRegFlags
May contain the flag:

• afxRegApartmentThreading Sets the threading model in the registry to ThreadingModel = Apartment.

Return Value

Nonzero if the control class was registered; otherwise 0.

Remarks

This allows the property page to be used by containers that are OLE-control aware. AfxOleRegisterPropertyPageClass updates the registry with the property page name and its location on the system and also sets the threading model that the control supports in the registry. For more information, see Technical Note 64, "Apartment-Model Threading in OLE Controls," and About Processes and Threads in the Windows SDK.

Requirements

Header afxctl.h

AfxOleRegisterTypeLib

Registers the type library with the Windows registration database and allows the type library to be used by other containers that are OLE-control aware.

BOOL AfxOleRegisterTypeLib(
    HINSTANCE hInstance,
    REFGUID tlid,
    LPCTSTR pszFileName = NULL,
    LPCTSTR pszHelpDir  = NULL);

Parameters

hInstance
The instance handle of the application associated with the type library.

tlid
The unique ID of the type library.

pszFileName
Points to the optional filename of a localized type library (.TLB) file for the control.

pszHelpDir
The name of the directory where the help file for the type library can be found. If NULL, the help file is assumed to be in the same directory as the type library itself.

Return Value

Nonzero if the type library was registered; otherwise 0.

Remarks

This function updates the registry with the type library name and its location on the system.

Example

// Type library guid definition.
const GUID CDECL BASED_CODE _tlid =
{ 0x77E58ED8, 0xA2C0, 0x4C13, { 0xB6, 0xC1, 0xBA, 0xD1, 0x19, 0xAF, 0xE3, 0xF1 } };

// Registers type library and the interfaces
// in it, afxctl.h needs to be included
if (!AfxOleRegisterTypeLib(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), _tlid))
return ResultFromScode(SELFREG_E_TYPELIB);


// CMFCAutomation.tlb should be in the same directory as exe module.
// last param can be null if help file associated w/ tlb is in same dir as .tlb
if (!AfxOleRegisterTypeLib(AfxGetInstanceHandle(), _tlid,
   _T("CMFCAutomation.tlb"), NULL))
{
   return ResultFromScode(SELFREG_E_TYPELIB);
}

Requirements

Header afxdisp.h

AfxOleUnregisterClass

Removes the control or property page class entry from the Windows registration database.

BOOL AFXAPI AfxOleUnregisterClass(REFCLSID clsID, LPCSTR pszProgID);

Parameters

clsID
The unique class ID of the control or property page.

pszProgID
The unique program ID of the control or property page.

Return Value

Nonzero if the control or property page class was successfully unregistered; otherwise 0.

Requirements

Header afxctl.h

AfxOleUnregisterTypeLib

Call this function to remove the type library entry from the Windows registration database.

BOOL AFXAPI AfxOleUnregisterTypeLib(REFGUID tlID);

Parameters

tlID
The unique ID of the type library.

Return Value

Nonzero if the type library was successfully unregistered; otherwise 0.

Example

// Type library GUID, corresponds to the uuid attribute of the library
// section in the .odl file.
const GUID CDECL BASED_CODE _tlid =
    {0xA44774E8, 0xAE00, 0x451F, {0x96, 0x1D, 0xC7, 0xD2, 0xD2, 0x58, 0xA0, 0x75}};

// Type library major version number, number on the left of decimal
// point, in version attribute of the library section in .odl file.
const WORD _wVerMajor = 1;

// Type library minor version number, number on the right of decimal
// point, in version attribute of the library section in .odl file.
const WORD _wVerMinor = 0;

STDAPI DllUnregisterServer(void)
{
   AFX_MANAGE_STATE(_afxModuleAddrThis);

   if (!AfxOleUnregisterTypeLib(_tlid, _wVerMajor, _wVerMinor))
      return ResultFromScode(SELFREG_E_TYPELIB);

   if (!COleObjectFactoryEx::UpdateRegistryAll(FALSE))
      return ResultFromScode(SELFREG_E_CLASS);

   return NOERROR;
}

Requirements

Header afxdisp.h

See also

Macros and Globals