c# - OLE Container for .NET

Question

I'm working on a project that requires me to load an OLE object and render it in a .NET WinForm app (C#). Unlike VB6 .NET has no built in OLE container, and the recommended approach is to use the WebBrowser control which supports displaying ActiveX content. The issue I have is the provider of the OLE object in question does not have an ActiveX control available.

Simply put is there any way to load an OLE object onto a WinForm? Or will I need to write an ActiveX control that loads the OLE Object? If the latter, does anyone have an example of this, or recommended reading material?

cheers,

Marc.

Answer 1

I made a simple user control that provides a replacement for the VB6 OLE Container control you can download the source code from my blog: http://blogs.artinsoft.net/Mrojas/archive/2012/01/23/Quick-replacement-for-the-VB6-OLE-Container-Control-in-NET.aspx