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Asked: 2026-05-17T00:20:29+00:00

I have imported an ActiveX library into my project in Visual Studio 2008 using:

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I have imported an ActiveX library into my project in Visual Studio 2008 using: 

#import "TeeChart8.ocx" named_guids

Now I would like to create objects exposed by the ActiveX library. However, I am having trouble understanding the API.

There are two files that were created after I built the project with the #import, a .tli file and a .tlh file.

In the .tlh file there is the following line:

_COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF(ITChart, __uuidof(ITChart));

I can see ITChart when I open the ActiveX library TeeChart8.ocx in the ITypeLib Viewer (Oleview). Also, if I type ITChartPtr->Invoke into my code, intellisense shows me that there are a whole bunch of parameters that need to be filled.

Essentially, I would like to know how to instantiate an ActiveX object and where I have to look to get the information I need?

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  1. Editorial Team

    When it’s a simple COM object, you can use the following (assuming a coclass named TChart to go with the interface named ITChart):

    ITChartPtr chart(__uuidof(TChart));

    For more information on using the ITChartPtr type defined by the _COM_SMARTPTR_TYPEDEF macro in the .tlh file generated by the #import statement, see com_ptr_t.

    If it’s a full ActiveX control, there is more to it as Victor said in his answer.

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