Attached is guide.pdf which details the steps required to build a .NET Framework Windows Forms control as an ActiveX control that can be used in PowerBuilder.

It goes with the example Visual Studio 2022 solution attached to an earlier response on this question.

I have attached a zip file to this response.

It contains a C# .NET Framework Windows Forms project that is an example of wrapping a Window Forms control to build an Active/X control that can be be used as a control in PowerBuilder. There is a PDF file called guide.pdf that details the steps.

I hope it's useful, it's a little arcane, and the wrapping means if you have alof of methods and attribures you want to use from your .NET control there's a bit of work to do, but for me, it has proved very useful.

It's a rushed bit of documentation, but I hope I included all the necessary steps.

Credit should go to Bruce Armstrong who write the orignal artlicel tghat inspired me any years ago.

Let me know if you have any questions :-)

If you know of a .NET control for viewing Excel files then you could COM wrap it and use it as an Active/X control in PowerBuilder, placing it on a window like any other Active/X control. I did this a long time ago to add the Microsoft Chart Controls to a PowerBuilder application, so I know it is possible.

Hi,

You could use Google Docs to view them. You set your default to open xlsx with a web browser and there's an extension to make that possible. Later I'll try to tell you which one (when I'm back to work).