| The Novell Controls for ActiveX enable you to quickly and easily
develop applications that use NetWare services, including Novell Directory
Services (NDS), print, login, LDAP services, and volume administration. You can
use these controls in any IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that
supports ActiveX technology, including Visual Basic, Delphi, PowerBuilder, and
C++ development environments. In this article, we'll focus on using the Novell
Controls in the Visual Basic environment. We'll cover:
- Setting up your development environment
- Downloading and installing the Novell Controls for ActiveX
- An overview of the controls
- A simple program that uses the controls
- Where to find documentation and example code
| Objective |
Using this lesson as a guide, a Visual Basic programmer will be
able to begin writing programs using the Novell Controls for ActiveX. |
| Prerequisites |
Entry-level Visual Basic programming skills, a DeveloperNet subscription
(Electronic Level subscription available free at http://developer.novell.com).
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| Required Items |
A Win32 workstation (Windows 95/98/NT), Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual
Studio, a NetWare 4 or 5 server. |
| Optional Items |
None. |
| Required Setup |
None. |
| Development Environment |
The procedures discussed in this article were tested using a 200 MHZ
Pentium-based workstation with 64 MB RAM, running Windows NT 4.0, a NetWare
4.11 file server, the NetWare Client for NT 4.60, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0,
and the Novell Controls for ActiveX 1/25/99. |
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