ActiveX without MFC\ATL

[CrypticTim]

Is it at all possible to build an OCX ActiveX conrtol without MFC at all, using Visual Studio 2003...

[Krishnaa]

Yes, but it it would be real pain only using win32, may I ask why ?

[CrypticTim]

Just a little more than idel curiosity really...
I have an ActiveX control that work as an interface between a FoxPro app and a 3D rendering DLL. It doesn't use any of the MFC componants and including it seems a waste.

If the MFC libs are linked dynamically but unused, does the host still have to have the MFC DLLs to run the app??

[Krishnaa]

Just a little more than idel curiosity really...
I have an ActiveX control that work as an interface between a FoxPro app and a 3D rendering DLL. It doesn't use any of the MFC componants and including it seems a waste.

If the MFC libs are linked dynamically but unused, does the host still have to have the MFC DLLs to run the app??

If it's a MFC ActiveX project then it uses MFC in one way or other even if you didnt add any functionality.

You can use Static MFC libraries to avoid DLL dependancies, that would increase the size but it would be affordable comparing with Pure Win32 coding.

[CrypticTim]

Ah well, thanks for the info, I guess I'll just take the hit of being forced to use MFC.

[U Ol]

Here is example Activex without MFC/ATL http://unick-soft.ru/EnSoft.cgi?type=File&id=16
But it is VS2005 example.

[Arjay]

Just use ATL - it doesn't require any dependencies.

Doing it from scratch would be a real pain (not that there's anything wrong with that if that's what your into).