QAxFactory(3qt) 														   QAxFactory(3qt)

NAME

       QAxFactory - Defines a factory for the creation of COM components

SYNOPSIS

       This class is part of the Qt ActiveQt Extension.

       #include <qaxfactory.h>

   Public Members
       QAxFactory ( const QUuid & libid, const QUuid & appid )
       virtual ~QAxFactory ()
       virtual QStringList featureList () const = 0
       virtual QWidget * create ( const QString & key, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
       virtual QObject * createObject ( const QString & key, QObject * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
       virtual QMetaObject * metaObject ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual bool createObjectWrapper ( QObject * object, IDispatch ** wrapper )
       virtual QUuid classID ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual QUuid interfaceID ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual QUuid eventsID ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual QUuid typeLibID () const
       virtual QUuid appID () const
       virtual void registerClass ( const QString & key, QSettings * settings ) const
       virtual void unregisterClass ( const QString & key, QSettings * settings ) const
       virtual bool validateLicenseKey ( const QString & key, const QString & licenseKey ) const
       virtual QString exposeToSuperClass ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual bool stayTopLevel ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual bool hasStockEvents ( const QString & key ) const
       virtual bool isService () const
       enum ServerType { SingleInstance, MultipleInstances }

   Static Public Members
       bool isServer ()
       QString serverDirPath ()
       QString serverFilePath ()
       bool startServer ( ServerType type = MultipleInstances )
       bool stopServer ()

DESCRIPTION

       This class is defined in the Qt ActiveQt Extension, which can be found in the qt/extensions directory. It is not included in the main Qt
       API.

       The QAxFactory class defines a factory for the creation of COM components.

       Implement this factory once in your ActiveX server to provide information about the components the server can create. If your server
       supports just a single ActiveX control, you can use the default factory implementation instead of implementing the factory yourself. Use
       the QAXFACTORY_DEFAULT macro in any implementation file (e.g. main.cpp) to instantiate and export the default factory:

	   #include <qapplication.h>
	   #include <qaxfactory.h>
	   #include "theactivex.h"
	   QAXFACTORY_DEFAULT(
	       TheActiveX,				 // widget class
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", // class ID
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", // interface ID
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", // event interface ID
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", // type library ID
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}"  // application ID
	       )

       If you implement your own factory reimplement the pure virtual functions, provide the unique identifiers for the ActiveX controls, and use
       the QAXFACTORY_EXPORT macro to instantiate and export it:

	   QStringList ActiveQtFactory::featureList() const
	   {
	       QStringList list;
	       list << "ActiveX1";
	       list << "ActiveX2";
	       ...
	       return list;
	   }
	   QWidget *ActiveQtFactory::create( const QString &key, QWidget *parent, const char *name )
	   {
	       if ( key == "ActiveX1" )
		   return new ActiveX1( parent, name );
	       if ( key == "ActiveX2" )
		   return new ActiveX2( parent, name );
	       ...
	       return 0;
	   }
	   QUuid ActiveQtFactory::classID( const QString &key ) const
	   {
	       if ( key == "ActiveX1" )
		   return "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}";
	       ...
	       return QUuid();
	   }
	   QUuid ActiveQtFactory::interfaceID( const QString &key ) const
	   {
	       if ( key == "ActiveX1" )
		   return "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}";
	       ...
	       return QUuid();
	   }
	   QUuid ActiveQtFactory::eventsID( const QString &key ) const
	   {
	       if ( key == "ActiveX1" )
		   return "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}";
	       ...
	       return QUuid();
	   }
	   QAXFACTORY_EXPORT(
	       MyFactory,				 // factory class
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", // type library ID
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}"  // application ID
	       )

       If you use the Q_CLASSINFO macro to provide the unique identifiers or other attributes for your class you can use the QAXFACTORY_BEGIN,
       QAXCLASS and QAXFACTORY_END macros to expose one or more classes as COM objects.

	   QAXFACTORY_BEGIN(
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}", // type library ID
	       "{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}"  // application ID
	   )
	       QAXCLASS(Class1)
	       QAXCLASS(Class2)
	   QAXFACTORY_END()

       Only one QAxFactory implementation may be instantiated and exported by an ActiveX server application. This instance is accessible through
       the global qAxFactory() function.

       A factory can also reimplement the registerClass() and unregisterClass() functions to set additional flags for an ActiveX control in the
       registry. To limit the number of methods or properties a widget class exposes from its parent classes reimplement exposeToSuperClass().

   Member Type Documentation
QAxFactory::ServerType
       This enum specifies the different types of servers that can be started with startServer.

       QAxFactory::SingleInstance - The server can create only one instance of each supplied class.

       QAxFactory::MultipleInstances - The server can create multiple instances of each supplied class.

MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

QAxFactory::QAxFactory ( const QUuid & libid, const QUuid & appid )
       Constructs a QAxFactory object that returns libid and appid in the implementation of the respective interface functions.

QAxFactory::~QAxFactory () [virtual]
       Destroys the QAxFactory object.

QUuid QAxFactory::appID () const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the ActiveX server's application identifier.

QUuid QAxFactory::classID ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the class identifier for each key returned by the featureList() implementation, or an empty QUuid if
       this factory doesn't support the value of key.

       The default implementation interprets key as the class name, and returns the value of the Q_CLASSINFO entry "ClassID".

QWidget * QAxFactory::create ( const QString & key, QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 ) [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return a new widget for key. Propagate parent and name to the QWidget constructor. Return 0 if this factory
       doesn't support the value of key.

       The returned widget will be exposed as an ActiveX control, e.g. a COM object that can be embedded as a control into applications.

       The default implementation returns 0.

QObject * QAxFactory::createObject ( const QString & key, QObject * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 ) [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return a new object for key. Propagate parent and name to the QWidget constructor. Return 0 if this factory
       doesn't support the value of key.

       If the object returned is a QWidget it will be exposed as an ActiveX control, otherwise the returned object will be exposed as a COM
       object.

       The default implementation returns the result QAxFactory::create() if parent is 0 or a widget, otherwise returns 0.

bool QAxFactory::createObjectWrapper ( QObject * object, IDispatch ** wrapper ) [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to provide the COM object for object in wrapper. Return TRUE if the function was successfull, otherwise return
       FALSE.

       The default implementation creates a generic automation wrapper based on the meta object information of object.

QUuid QAxFactory::eventsID ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the identifier of the event interface for each key returned by the featureList() implementation, or an
       empty QUuid if this factory doesn't support the value of key.

       The default implementation interprets key as the class name, and returns the value of the Q_CLASSINFO entry "EventsID".

QString QAxFactory::exposeToSuperClass ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the name of the super class of key up to which methods and properties should be exposed by the ActiveX
       control.

       The default implementation interprets key as the class name, and returns the value of the Q_CLASSINFO entry "ToSuperClass". If no such
       value is set the null-string is returned, and the functions and properties of all the super classes including QWidget will be exposed.

       To only expose the functions and properties of the class itself, reimplement this function to return key.

QStringList QAxFactory::featureList () const [pure virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return a list of the widgets (class names) supported by this factory.

bool QAxFactory::hasStockEvents ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return TRUE if the ActiveX control key should support the standard ActiveX events

       Click

       DblClick

       KeyDown

       KeyPress

       KeyUp

       MouseDown

       MouseUp

       MouseMove

       The default implementation interprets key as the class name, and returns TRUE if the value of the Q_CLASSINFO entry "StockEvents" is "yes".
       Otherwise this function returns FALSE.

QUuid QAxFactory::interfaceID ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the interface identifier for each key returned by the featureList() implementation, or an empty QUuid
       if this factory doesn't support the value of key.

       The default implementation interprets key as the class name, and returns the value of the Q_CLASSINFO entry "InterfaceID".

bool QAxFactory::isServer () [static]
       Returns TRUE if the application has been started (by COM) as an ActiveX server, otherwise returns FALSE.

	   int main( int argc, char**argv )
	   {
	       QApplication app( argc, argv );
	       if ( !QAxFactory::isServer() ) {
		   // initialize for stand-alone execution
	       }
	       return app.exec() // standard event processing
	   }

bool QAxFactory::isService () const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return TRUE if the server is running as a persistent service (e.g. an NT service) and should not terminate
       even when all objects provided have been released.

       The default implementation returns FALSE.

QMetaObject * QAxFactory::metaObject ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the QMetaObject corresponding to key, or 0 if this factory doesn't support the value of key.

       The default implementation returns the QMetaObject for the class key.

void QAxFactory::registerClass ( const QString & key, QSettings * settings ) const [virtual]
       Registers additional values for the class key in the system registry using the settings object. The standard values have already been
       registed by the framework, but additional values, e.g. implemented categories, can be added in an implementation of this function.

	   settings->writeEntry( "/CLSID/" + classID(key) + "/Implemented Categories/{00000000-0000-0000-000000000000}/.", QString::null );

       If you reimplement this function you must also reimplement unregisterClass() to remove the additional registry values.

       See also QSettings.

QString QAxFactory::serverDirPath () [static]
       Returns the directory that contains the server binary.

       For out-of-process servers this is the same as QApplication::applicationDirPath(). For in-process servers that function returns the
       directory that contains the hosting application.

QString QAxFactory::serverFilePath () [static]
       Returns the file path of the server binary.

       For out-of-process servers this is the same as QApplication::applicationFilePath(). For in-process servers that function returns the file
       path of the hosting application.

bool QAxFactory::startServer ( ServerType type = MultipleInstances ) [static]
       Starts the COM server with type and returns TRUE if successful, otherwise returns FALSE.

       Calling this function if the server is already running (or for an in-process server) does nothing and returns TRUE.

       The server is started automatically with type set to MultipleUse if the server executable has been started with the -activex command line
       parameter.

bool QAxFactory::stayTopLevel ( const QString & key ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return TRUE if the ActiveX control key should be a top level window, e.g. a dialog. The default implementation
       returns FALSE.

bool QAxFactory::stopServer () [static]
       Stops the COM server and returns TRUE if successful, otherwise returns FALSE.

       Calling this function if the server is not running (or for an in-process server) does nothing and returns TRUE.

       Stopping the server will not invalidate existing objects, but no new objects can be created from the existing server process. Usually COM
       will start a new server process if additional objects are requested.

       The server is stopped automatically when the main() function returns.

QUuid QAxFactory::typeLibID () const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return the ActiveX server's type library identifier.

void QAxFactory::unregisterClass ( const QString & key, QSettings * settings ) const [virtual]
       Unregisters any additional values for the class key from the system registry using the settings object.

	   settings->removeEntry( "/CLSID/" + classID(key) + "/Implemented Categories/{00000000-0000-0000-000000000000}/." );

       See also registerClass() and QSettings.

bool QAxFactory::validateLicenseKey ( const QString & key, const QString & licenseKey ) const [virtual]
       Reimplement this function to return TRUE if licenseKey is a valid license for the class key, or if the current machine is licensed.

       The default implementation returns TRUE if the class key is not licensed (ie. no Q_CLASSINFO attribute "LicenseKey"), or if licenseKey
       matches the value of the "LicenseKey" attribute, or if the machine is licensed through a .LIC file with the same filename as this COM
       server.

SEE ALSO

       http://doc.trolltech.com/qaxfactory.html http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html

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Trolltech AS							  2 February 2007						   QAxFactory(3qt)