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**
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** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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** All rights reserved.
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** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
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**
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** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
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**
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** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
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** No Commercial Usage
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** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
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** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
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** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
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** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
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** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
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** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
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** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
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** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
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** $QT_END_LICENSE$
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/*!
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    \group activeqt-tools
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    \title Tools for ActiveQt
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    \brief Tools to help integrate Qt applications with ActiveX components.
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    These tools provide support for integrating Qt with ActiveX components.
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    \generatelist{related}
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    \sa {ActiveQt Framework}
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/*!
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    \page activeqt.html
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    \title ActiveQt Framework
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    \brief An overview of Qt's ActiveX and COM integration on Windows.
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    \ingroup platform-specific
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    \keyword ActiveQt
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    Qt's ActiveX and COM support allows Qt for Windows developers to:
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    \list 1
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    \o Access and use ActiveX controls and COM objects provided by any 
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    ActiveX server in their Qt applications.
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    \o Make their Qt applications available as COM servers, with
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    any number of Qt objects and widgets as COM objects and ActiveX 
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    controls.
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    \endlist
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    The ActiveQt framework consists of two modules:
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    \list
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    \o The \l QAxContainer module is a static
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       library implementing QObject and QWidget subclasses, QAxObject and
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       QAxWidget, that act as containers for COM objects and ActiveX
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       controls.
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    \o The \l QAxServer module is a static library that implements
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       functionality for in-process and executable COM servers. This
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       module provides the QAxAggregated, QAxBindable and QAxFactory
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       classes.
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    \endlist
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    To build the static libraries, change into the \c activeqt directory 
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    (usually \c QTDIR/src/activeqt), and run \c qmake and your make
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    tool in both the \c container and the \c control subdirectory.
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    The libraries \c qaxcontainer.lib and \c qaxserver.lib will be linked
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    into \c QTDIR/lib.
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    If you are using a shared configuration of Qt enter the \c plugin
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    subdirectory and run \c qmake and your make tool to build a
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    plugin that integrates the QAxContainer module into \l{Qt
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    Designer}.
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    The ActiveQt modules are part of the \l{Qt Full Framework Edition} and
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    the \l{Open Source Versions of Qt}.
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    \sa {QAxContainer Module}, {QAxServer Module}
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