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Open Client
Developer’s Guide


Building a Client Application That Uses an ActiveX Proxy

To build a client application that uses an ActiveX proxy (Automation Controller), you must first perform the following steps in the specified order on the system where you plan to build the application:

  1. To build the client application on machine other than the proxy machine, you must:
    1. Copy the proxy (.dll file) to any directory on the system.
    2. Copy the Open Client Runtime package to any directory on the system. For more information, see the "Selecting an Open Client Runtime Package" section.
    3. Copy the ActiveX Open Client support library, Progress-Install-Directory\bin\o4glActiveX.dll, to any directory on the system.
    4. If you do not have Version 5.00.3182 or later of the Microsoft JVM on your machine, run msjavx86.exe to install the Microsoft JVM and related Java classes. You can find msjavx86.exe on the Progress installation CD or you can obtain it from the Microsoft Web site.
  2. Update the CLASSPATH environment variable to include the Open Client Runtime package you copied in Step 1.
  3. Register the proxy by running Microsoft’s RegSvr32.exe on the proxy .dll file.
  4. Register the ActiveX Open Client support library by running Microsoft’s RegSvr32.exe on the o4glActiveX.dll file (located in Progress-Install-Directory\bin or in the directory where you copied this file in part c of Step 1).
  5. Write, compile, and execute the client application (Automation Controller). For more information, see "Programming Concepts," and Programming ActiveX Controller Clients."

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