The features described in this topic are obsolete
and should not be used in new IDL code.

IDLDrawWidget

Note
Although the IDLDrawWidget ActiveX control has been replaced by the newer and more robust COM Export bridge, existing applications that include the IDLDrawWidget will continue to function. We recommend that all new development that would use the IDLDrawWidget control now use a custom COM control exported using the COM export bridge.

The IDLDrawWidget is an ActiveX control that provides an easy mechanism for integrating IDL with Microsoft Windows applications written in C, C++, Visual Basic, Fortran, Delphi, etc. Methods and properties of the IDLDrawWidget provide the interface between IDL and an external application. The rest of this section describes the following for the IDLDrawWidget: