Using VB6 with Delcam
Products Could not be easier
OLEapp2000
The OLEapp2000 product contains additional controls
allowing fast an easy interfacing with PowerMILL, PowerSHAPE and CopyCAD.
Three additional controls are installed, and are added to
the Visual Basic toolbar, as shown below. You can then simply add the relavent
product to your form, and access the connection, and execution commands directly.
User Notes
DELCAM_OLE.ocx User Notes
Standard Modules User Notes
Installation
To make use of the new controls, simply follow the
following steps.
First Time Use
1. Click here to
download the zip file containing the installation files for OLEapp2000.
2. Unzip the file and run the 'setup.exe'
program.
3. Follow the on screen installation
instructions.
4. Now run Visual Basic 6 or later and open a
new or existing project.
5. Select, PROJECT, COMPONENTS (or
press CTRL-T).
6. Click the Browse button, and double click
the file '\dcam\product\oleapp2000\ocx\DELCAM_OLE.ocx'.
7. You will see the title
'Delcam_OLE_Interfaces' added to the list of available controls. Make sure it is
checked, and click OK.
8. The new controls will appear in the
toolbar.
Subsequent Use
Once you have used the new controls, they will be
registered by Windows NT, and can now be used at any time.
1. Run Visual Basic 6 or later and open a new
or existing project.
2. Select, PROJECT, COMPONENTS (or press
CTRL-T).
3. From the list of controls, check the
'Delcam_OLE_Interfaces' control, and click OK.
4. The new controls appear in the toolbar.
Additional Notes
After installation OLEapp2000, a number of Word
documents are available to give you help on linking with Delcam products. These can
be accessed quickly from the START menus, by selecting:
START, PROGRAMS, DELCAM, OLEAPP2000, Delcam OXC Control
User Notes
Two more documents are also available from here...
Register OCX Control
This explains how to manually register the controls
Standard Modules User Notes
This is some detailed notes on modules created for you to
perform special functions in Visual Basic.
These documents are currently only available in Word
format, but you can expect on-line HTML notes to be produced soon.
If you have any problems, please contact vbpublish@delcam.com.
