OpenROAD supports Microsoft ActiveX technology, which enables applications or software components developed by various independent software vendors to be integrated seamlessly into your OpenROAD application.

For example, you could build multiple custom user interfaces—such as purchasing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cost estimation applications—that access the same spreadsheet application for the actual computations. Furthermore, you can avoid the labor-intensive task of creating your own spreadsheet application by using one from an independent vendor and then programming your user interfaces to launch and load the spreadsheet application. This is possible without the end user ever seeing the actual user interface of the spreadsheet application.

Similarly, you can plug ActiveX controls into your application. ActiveX controls are external controls, such as charts, grid controls, HTML controls, and web browsers, that are available from independent software vendors. These controls add sophisticated functionality to your applications without requiring additional programming.

For more information about using ActiveX controls, see “ActiveX Support” in the Programming Guide.