Q&A

Q1:Can ActiveX controls created with Visual C++ 6 be used within Visual Studio .NET?
A1: Definitely. If you use VB .NET or C# .NET and Windows Forms, the process is rather trivial. However, because Visual C++ .NET does not contain some of the Rapid Application Design (RAD) tools the other .NET languages have, the process is a little more complicated.
Q2:How can I inspect the globally unique identifiers (GUIDs), interface identifiers (IIDs), interfaces, and coclasses that are generated in the type library from an assembly manifest?
A2: Use the OleView tool provided with Visual Studio .NET. Once you run the tool, select File, View Typelib from the main menu and navigate to your generated type library.
Q3:The RegAsm tool creates a type library, ...

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