Question

I’m learning how to create an VB6 Active X EXE. (I need to add the ability for a number of VB6 apps to “phone home” to a server and I’d like centralize this but don’t want to do it with a DLL because I’d like to only need Firewall permission for one program (the “phone home ActiveX EXE).

I’ve found a few tutorials but I’m looking for a downloadable project to “play around with”.

Answer 1

This one worked well:
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=52172&lngWId=1

This one technicall worked (as an ActiveX EXE) but couldn’t get it to actually do the work the ActiveX EXE was supposed to do (download files) :
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=28667&lngWId=1

Tip to allow you to debug both the Host and Server (ActiveX EXE) in VB6:

1. You’ll have two VBP project files: one for the ActiveX EXE “server” and one for the host app calling it.
2. Load each into separate VB6 IDE instances.
3. Run the ActiveX one first.
4. In the second one, add the ActiveX VBP file (not the .exe) as a reference: (Project > References> Browse… and add the vbp file.