Two simple Qt widgets (in-process)

The ActiveX controls in this example are simple QWidget subclasses reimplementing the paintEvent() method. The classes use the Q_CLASSINFO macro to

The example demonstrates the use of the Q_CLASSINFO macro to set ActiveQt-specific attributes for QObject sub classes, and the use of the QAXFACTORY_BEGIN, QAXCLASS and QAXFACTORY_END macros.

    class QAxWidget1 : public QWidget
    {
        Q_OBJECT
        Q_CLASSINFO("ClassID", "{1D9928BD-4453-4bdd-903D-E525ED17FDE5}")
        Q_CLASSINFO("InterfaceID", "{99F6860E-2C5A-42ec-87F2-43396F4BE389}")
        Q_CLASSINFO("EventsID", "{0A3E9F27-E4F1-45bb-9E47-63099BCCD0E3}")

The class declaration includes the Q_OBJECT macro to activate Qt's meta object system, and sets COM identifiers for the class using the Q_CLASSINFO macro.

        Q_PROPERTY( QColor fillColor READ fillColor WRITE setFillColor )
    public:
        QAxWidget1( QWidget *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, WFlags f = 0 )
            : QWidget( parent, name, f ), fill_color( red )
        {
        }

        QColor fillColor() const
        {
            return fill_color;
        }
        void setFillColor( const QColor &fc )
        {
            fill_color = fc;
            repaint();
        }

    protected:
        void paintEvent( QPaintEvent *e )
        {
            QPainter paint( this );
            QRect r = rect();
            r.addCoords( 10, 10, -10, -10 );
            paint.fillRect( r, fill_color );
        }

    private:
        QColor fill_color;
    };

The control draws a filled rectangle. The fill color is exposed as a property using the Q_PROPERTY macro.

    class QAxWidget2 : public QWidget
    {
        Q_OBJECT
        Q_CLASSINFO("ClassID", "{58139D56-6BE9-4b17-937D-1B1EDEDD5B71}")
        Q_CLASSINFO("InterfaceID", "{B66280AB-08CC-4dcc-924F-58E6D7975B7D}")
        Q_CLASSINFO("EventsID", "{D72BACBA-03C4-4480-B4BB-DE4FE3AA14A0}")
        Q_CLASSINFO("ToSuperClass", "QAxWidget2")
        Q_CLASSINFO("StockEvents", "yes")

The declaration of the second control class uses the Q_CLASSINFO macro to set the COM identifiers as well as additional COM attributes for the class. Objects of that class will not expose the QWidget API, and provide the ActiveX stock events (ie. Click, KeyDown etc.).

        Q_PROPERTY( int lineWidth READ lineWidth WRITE setLineWidth )
    public:
        QAxWidget2( QWidget *parent = 0, const char *name = 0, WFlags f = 0 )
            : QWidget( parent, name, f ), line_width( 1 )
        {
        }

        int lineWidth() const
        {
            return line_width;
        }
        void setLineWidth( int lw )
        {
            line_width = lw;
            repaint();
        }

    protected:
        void paintEvent( QPaintEvent *e )
        {
            QPainter paint( this );
            QPen pen = paint.pen();
            pen.setWidth( line_width );
            paint.setPen( pen );

            QRect r = rect();
            r.addCoords( 10, 10, -10, -10 );
            paint.drawEllipse( r );
        }

    private:
        int line_width;
    };

The control draws a circle. The line width is exposed as a property using the Q_PROPERTY macro.

The controls are exposed by the implementation of QAxFactory as provided by the QAXFACTORY_BEGIN and QAXFACTORY_END macros.

    #include <qaxfactory.h>

    #include "ax1.h"
    #include "ax2.h"

    QAXFACTORY_BEGIN("{98DE28B6-6CD3-4e08-B9FA-3D1DB43F1D2F}", "{05828915-AD1C-47ab-AB96-D6AD1E25F0E2}")

The factory is initialied using the QAXFACTORY_BEGIN macro, providing the IDs for the application and the type library.

        QAXCLASS(QAxWidget1)
        QAXCLASS(QAxWidget2)

The classes exposed are listed using the QAXCLASS macro.

    QAXFACTORY_END()

Finally the factory declaration is closed using the QAXFACTORY_END macro.

To build the example you must first build the QAxServer library. Then run qmake and your make tool in examples/multiple.

The demonstration requires your WebBrowser to support ActiveX controls, and scripting to be enabled.

    <script language=javascript>
    function setColor( form )
    {
        Ax1.fillColor = form.colorEdit.value;
    }

    function setWidth( form )
    {
        Ax2.lineWidth = form.widthEdit.value;
    }
    </script>

    <p>
    This is one QWidget subclass:<br>
    <object ID="Ax1" CLASSID="CLSID:1D9928BD-4453-4bdd-903D-E525ED17FDE5"
    CODEBASE=http://www.trolltech.com/demos/multipleax.cab>
    [Object not available! Did you forget to build and register the server?]
    </object><br>
    <form>
    Fill Color: <input type="edit" ID="colorEdit" value = "red">
    <input type="button" value = "Set" onClick="setColor(this.form)">
    <input type="button" value = "Hide" onClick="Ax1.hide()">
    <input type="button" value = "Show" onClick="Ax1.show()">
    </form>

    <p>
    This is another QWidget subclass:<br>
    <object ID="Ax2" CLASSID="CLSID:58139D56-6BE9-4b17-937D-1B1EDEDD5B71"
    CODEBASE=http://www.trolltech.com/demos/multipleax.cab>
    [Object not available! Did you forget to build and register the server?]
    </object><br>
    <form>
    Line width: <input type="edit" ID="widthEdit" value = "1">
    <input type="button" value = "Set" onClick="setWidth(this.form)">
    </form>