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how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

yudi — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 01:41:53 GMT

Thank you for sharing the solution with us.

Should you need further assistance or run into any problems regarding our controls, feel free to post it into our forum. We would be happy to assist you again.

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

soup27 — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 04:38:00 GMT

hi,

I solve this problem by setting the activeX control to be contained by a new WPF window.

And thanks for your help!

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

yudi — Wed, 27 May 2015 06:47:01 GMT

Thank you for the sample (ClientUIWPFNavApp1.zip - attached on soup soup's post on May 26, 2015).

I made a minor modification to UXPage1.xaml.cs by setting the URL of AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer to a media file which exist in my end.

from:

axWmp.URL = @"C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\野生动物.wmv";

to:

axWmp.URL = @"C:\Windows\Media\tada.wav";

The result is (AllowsTransparency="True"): when user navigates to "ActiveX" page, I can hear that tada.wav is played. This proves that the ActiveX control works. It just can't be seen.

Next, I create another project which uses native WPF controls (without using ClientUI controls). Then set WindowStyle to None; and AllowsTransparency to True.

The result is similar. The ActiveX control works, but not visible.

In my opinion, it comes to a conclusion that enabling AllowsTransparency will causing ActiveX control becomes invisible. It isn't ClientUI bug since native WPF control show this behavior as well.

Please let me know if you have different thoughts.

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

soup27 — Tue, 26 May 2015 05:53:44 GMT

I have found the cause of the problem. When I set the MainWindow style like the following:
The ActiveX control does not work. The sample file link:(http://pan.baidu.com/s/1qWl0YHQ)

AllowsTransparency="True"

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

yudi — Tue, 26 May 2015 02:29:57 GMT

I'm using the walkthrough article: Hosting an ActiveX Control in WPF, and start create a simple test project which shows how to host ActiveX control in UXPage.

When I run the application, the ActiveX control appear and work as expected. I enclosed my simple project for reference.
Should you find anything that I might miss during my attempt to reproduce the reported problem, please feel free to let me know.

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

soup27 — Mon, 25 May 2015 04:25:17 GMT

my application is WPF windows host application, not website.

is the clientui wpf not supported for activeX control?

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

yudi — Mon, 25 May 2015 03:38:00 GMT

It is not possible for an ActiveX control to run inside of Silverlight.

However, it is possible to have an html page host both Silverlight and an ActiveX control and have these two communicate via javascript.

how to show activeX control in UXPage or UXWindow

soup27 — Sun, 24 May 2015 03:10:21 GMT

I have wrote an activeX control and want to show it in a UXPage or UXWindow. when I added it to the UXPage, it can be shown in the designed preview, but when I run the Application and navigate to the page with the activeX control, it does not work,nothing can be seen.

if UXPage or UXWindow can not show an activeX control?