Bob/RedTock8,

Thanks for your replies.

Bob what you suggest sounds like the kind of root I would like to take,
however ASP is new to me and therefore
I don't really know where to start. Also, I've created ActiveX controls but
not ActiveX dll's, so there's a few new
areas to explore here.

I don't suppose by any chance you have or know of a sample application I
could disect (in order to understand) do you?

Generally, can you tell me if what you suggest is particularly difficult or
not?

I've got MS FrontPage 2002, should I use this to build the ASP page?

Sorry, I need a bit more detail if you don't mind.

Regards,
Darren

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Japundza" <piclist@MAIL.CSCAPE.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Interactive web page


> Darren, I would approach it in this way, it would probably be the easiest
for you.
>
> 1.  Create an ActiveX dll in VB6, have one class which contains one public
method which returns a temperature value.  Inside that method cut/paste your
vb code from your form, but modify it so the method returns a string instead
of populating a form element.
> 2.  Compile your dll, copy it to your webserver and register it
(regsvr32.dll).
> 3.  Create a simple asp page that creates your object, calls your getTemp
method or whatever you want to call it, and does a response.write of
whatever the method returns.
> 4.  Once you are comfortable doing this, create a new method that changes
alarm points.  This method would be invoked thru a form on a web page.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
>
> Darren Logan <dazza.logan@NTLWORLD.COM> wrote ..
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a temperature measurement device with an RS232 interface.
> >
> > I have written a VB6 application to read/write to the device (change
alarm
> > points, read temperature etc.).
> >
> > Now what i'd like to do is to be able to read/write from/to the device
> > from a web page running on a remote computer.
> >
> > Can someone explain to me what the simplest method to achieve this is
please?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Darren
>
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