Using an ActiveX object as FORMS' event server

Using an ActiveX object as an event server for FORMS is one of four ways of developing event handlers. It can be convenient to use an ActiveX object to handle all the FORMS events. You get the advantages of third-party tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic or Borland’s Delphi, which offer features like advanced window and dialog handling, database support, advanced programming language capabilities, and debugging in a truly integrated development environment.

A more efficient way is to use the ActiveX object as a FORMS extension, and subscribe to the necessary events.

To use an external event server, you must:

1. Program an ActiveX automation server object. (Example.)

2. Register the object in Windows.

3. Set up an event handler in FORMS that creates the object and sets it as the active event server object. (Example.)