ActiveX Blocking Functions Freezing The UI
Aug 27, 2010
Is there a way to include an ActiveX to VB .NET project without adding it to a form?
If I add it to the form and call a function on it that blocks, the UI is unresponsive until the function returns. Even if I am making the call in a different thread.
I was able to compile the code when I did not include it via the form, but got this error once I called a function on it.
Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED))
How could I make the UI responsive when the ActiveX functions are blocking?
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Apr 4, 2009
Lets discuss about those created active x which got created in VB6 and not working in Vista.Here i will let you know my problem,no idea wheather we need to upgrade any runtime file in VB6 or in vista?
I have done an ActiveX to get client MAC address as its major part and runs over IE.it is successfully running in Win2000, Win2003, WinXp and even with IE7 with previously mentioned Window versions.
This ActiveX was developed in VB 6.0.
This ActiveX gets installed atomatically through a cab file, whenever the application was accessed first time.
this cab file work fine in WinXP but when we try to run this cab file in vista IE get hang
Now, we have to support it with IE7 over Vista.
let me know what should I do to make it compatible with IE7 and Vista. I am using Vista Business right now.
When the application was accessed through IE7 for the first time, ActiveX installation dialog appeared. I pressed the Install button but then IE7 threw an error message that "Internet Explorer has stopped working". After that each time, whenever the application was accessed IE7 threw the same error message.
Cab file i made in VB6 using internet and deploy package wizard,along with cab file we will get one HTM file also to get Object id and code base along with version,even if we try to open this HTM file then also IE get hang.
I tested by manually registering the ocx, also turned off the Protected Mode and enabled my ActiveX through Manage Ad-on as well, but to no avail.
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Sep 1, 2010
Hint: this one might sound complicated, because I am trying to give as much info as possible, but I suspect that I just want someone to tell me "yes, you are correct".On this legacy system, which dates from 2002, the user visits a web page and uses an RFID reader to read a tag number, which is then written to an input field on the web page.
The only s/w that comes with the reader is a custom DLL, nop .exe. The very sparse documentation insists that only MSIE be used and that all security relating to ActiveX be disabled.When I look into the source of the web page I see calls to functions in the DLL.Now, here's the fun part: I know zilch about ActiveX, I have to make a minor change to the DLL _but_ the VB6 source code has been lost, so I guess that I have to recreate the (seemingly very simple) DLL from scratch - this week.
Decompiling the DLL shows me the functions (locateReader, getTagVal, closeReader). However, by decompiling I can't really know the number or type of the parameters, nor the return values ... and if anyone knows the API they are refusing to share it, but basically it all seems to have been lost in the mists of time as companies went bust, were bought & sold, merged & demerged and the initial DLL might have been written by an external guy, but no one knows who.So, can I get the function params & type from the ASP page source?I see things like
Reader = new ActiveXObject("<dllName>.Reader");
Reader.locateReader();
tagVal = Reader.getTagVal();
Reader.closeReader();
I would say that none of the fn()s take parameters, that closeReader doesn't have to return anything; it looks like locateReader doesn't return anything either, so I guess that error handling will have to be in the DLL (loop forever with a popup demanding that a reader be attached; and getTagVal seems to return a string.
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Public Shared Function Get...(byval xx as xx)
and
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2) Use something like a Mutex in the WCF function such that the function launches a thread, the thread immediately grabs the Mutex, then begins the navigation. The WCF function waits on the Mutex, which would mean blocking without spinning, and the document completed event pulses the Mutex to release the WCF function so that it can return the proper response. This seems technically improbable, as it stands.
The problem is only a slight variation on a very typical problem, yet it presents some interesting problems. Windows is event driven, but a WCF service function is not. A callback across a WCF (at least across this one), isn't an option, events aren't an option, so it all comes down to the function starting a process, then blocking without spinning, until the process comes up with an answer.
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Private Function GetXDocumentFromWebLocationAsync(ByVal request As WebRequest) As XDocument
Dim queryTask As Task(Of WebResponse)
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[code]....
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HTML Code: [url]. Each function such as connecting to a host server, retrieving properties, etc. can be executed in two different ways.
Connecting to a host using a blocking Wait:
Code:
Dim m_lib As New VixLib
Dim m_hostJob As VixCOM.IJob
[CODE]...
Code:
Dim m_lib As New VixLib
Dim m_hostJob As VixCOM.IJob
dim m_callback as VixCOM.ICallback
[CODE]...
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HTML Code:[URL] came up with a library that specifies a timeout value. When the timeout runs out the method aborts and returns regardless whether it finished or not.
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[Code]...
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E.g.)
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CInt() vs. Convert.ToInt32()
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The loading overlay works fine on multiple different form loads, but fails to work properly when summoned to ensure patience during a 30 second upload process (That Prints a Word Document to PDF, then uploads that PDF to a SQL Server). This upload collects some data from the form, puts it into an Object, then operates entirely on a background thread. The loading overlay will appear, show the first frame loading GIF, then just freeze. The onPaint is getting fired and the image frame is being updated, but it isn't visible
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Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint Or ControlStyles.Opaque, True)
End Sub
[Code].....
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