Problem with DHTML Editing Component design mode

[Tim De Jong]

Hi All,

We have written an application that uses the triedit.dll file to host
dynamic html files. We have also written ActiveX controls that are
OLEMISC_INVISIBLEATRUNTIME which we have inserted into our html files. The
problem that we have with these controls that have this flag set is that we
cannot select these controls to size or position them in the edit mode of
triedit.dll. We also cannot right click these controls to get at their
properties. We have noticed that this same thing happens on the "Design"
sheet in Visual InterDev. We have also noticed that we CAN select to size
and position and right click these controls to get at their properties when
we go to the "Source" sheet in Visual InterDev. We would like to have this
same functionality(on the Source sheet of Visual InterDev) in the edit mode
of triedit.dll. Is this possible? What do we need to do if it is? Any
help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,
Tim De Jong
RR Systems Group

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[Rick Jesse]

We are looking at adding this feature in future version of the component.
You can provide similar functionality in your app by using the object model
to find the invisible control and providing UI that lists the invisible
controls on the page. Then in that UI, use inovoke the controls' property
page programmatically when the user, say, clicks on one of the invisible
controls.

Another workaround would be to wrap the invisible control in a DIV, add a
stylesheet to the page for the this DIV that gives it unique look on that
page. The DIV can be selected and moved within the page if you want to let
users move the control around in the page.

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Rick Jesse (v-r...@microsoft.com)
DHTML Editing Component Development Team
Microsoft Corp.

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