How to build an ActiveX server as DCOM wrapper, given a .dll stub and some type libraries?

[dhfx]

I will need to talk to an Agilent 8363B/C PNA (vector network analyzer) using DCOM. I have a copy of a pnaproxy.exe from Agilent, which installs and registers three files, a .dll stub and two .tlb type libraries, which presumably make up the COM object. My understanding is that the procedure to follow is to wrap these in an ActiveX server.

I've tried starting the ActiveX tool in CVI. The tool seems to expect source code. My question is, how do I get the tool to work from the files I have?

Thanks in advance for any useful replies.

David Friedman

Sr. Principal Engr.

Symtx, Inc.

Austin, TX

[dhfx]

I may have solved my own problem. Apparently the procedure is to use the ActiveX CONTROLLER tool, not the ActiveX Server tool. The Controller tool found the Agilent stuff already registered, and it went from there. Now what I have is a CVI instrument driver that should be what I need.

David Friedman

Sr. Principal Engr.

Symtx, Inc.

Austin, TX