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# Managing ActiveX Control Properties

As a convenience to the IDL programmer, ActiveX control methods that have been defined using the propget and propput attributes are accessible via the IDLcomActiveX object’s GetProperty and SetProperty methods, which are inherited directly from the IDLcomIDispatch object class. This means that rather than calling the ActiveX control’s methods directly to get and set property values, you use the standard IDL syntax.

The IDLcomActiveX object class is a direct subclass of the IDLcomIDispatch object class and provides none of its own methods. As a result, IDL’s facilities for managing the properties of ActiveX controls follow the same rules as for IDLcomIDispatch objects. You should read and understand Managing COM Object Properties before working with an ActiveX control’s properties.