MapX Plugin

[Philo]

Hi Guys,

How would I go about getting a plugin created for AMS? I dont have vb or C so need to get someone to create it for me.

Basically I want to embed Mapinfo MapX description here (http://extranet.mapinfo.com/products//Overview.cfm?productid=1041) into a project so I can distribute interactive maps. Ive read the developers guide for MapX and it seems really straight forward to work with in visual basic but I need to be able to incorporate it directly into AMS.

Any suggestions?

[Philo]

On the same theme as above, what are the chances of the next version of AMS allowing users to use 3rd party controls in AMS Simular to the way you can add controls to excel forms etc

[Worm]

The Web Object will act as a container for ActiveX objects. You can write VBScript to manipulate the properties, and methods too.

[Philo]

dont spose you can point me towards an example?

I havn't used ActiveX in a web page before and I cant find any relevant stuff with google. (how the heck do you find the class id when regedit is disabled and you dont have visual basic?)

[Intrigued]

dont spose you can point me towards an example?

I havn't used ActiveX in a web page before and I cant find any relevant stuff with google. (how the heck do you find the class id when regedit is disabled and you dont have visual basic?)
http://www.indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10243&highlight=OLE

Is this what you needed?

[Worm]

If you have FrontPage you can drop the ActiveX into a page and it'll take care of the rest for you.

I looked into downloading to give you an example, but the 50mb demo, and 78mb demo data is a bit steep for me to play with. I can show you some examples of using an ActiveX component in a Web Page if that helps any.

[Philo]

Cheers guys,

I dound a little utility on download.com which lets you pick any activex control on your system and automatically writes the html code for it.

Next I need to figure out how to write vbscript to interact with the mapx object (or any other for that matter). I use asp a lot so the script shouldn't be to difficult to grasp but any examples would be good ;)

My only other problem is my mapx component has expired so Im having to practice with the others on my system!