Howto use ActiveX made in VB in LabView

Hi,
In LabView you can make a container for an ActiveX object.
I have made an ActiveX component in Visual Basic. How can I access this in
LabView. If I make an ActiveX dll I cannot find the functions in LabView. If
I make and ActiveX ocx I cannot find the object in the object list in
LabView.
What are the constraints in LabView regarding ActiveX components?
Thanks
Leif H

Leif,
I previously used ActiveX containers created in VB (most are) in a LabVIEW project. If memory serves, all I did was to place the OCX in a file, and manually browse to it using the Active X browser. I had trouble with registering due to some bug or "feature" that wouldn't update the OCX from the registry in LabVIEW. Everytime we updated the OCX, it would break all of our code. Our solution was to NOT register it, and browse to it manually. That worked great.
So, drop in a container open or invoke node on your diagram, right click to open the browser, and choose "Browse" to the right of the name. This will allow you to browse directly to an OCX.
I strongly recommend placing your OCXs in an embedded file within your deployment file structure.
That will make it much easier when you deploy your project.

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Conclusion
Hopefully this article has illustrated that it is straightforward to utilize the full power of BC4J in local mode as part of your EJB Stateless Session Beans using container-managed transaction. This example illustrated a single createDepartment method in the enterprise bean, but by replicating the application module interaction code that we've illustrated in createDepartment, any number of methods in your stateless session bean can use the aggregated application module instance created in the ejbCreate() method.
Code Listing
The full code listing for the SampleStatelessEJB bean implementation class looks like this:
* StatelessSampleEJB
* Illustrates how to use an aggregated BC4J application module
* in local mode as part of the implementation of a stateless
* EJB session bean using container-managed transaction.
* HISTORY
* smuench/dmutreja 14-FEB-2002 Created
package com.example;
import oracle.jbo.*;
import oracle.jbo.server.*;
import javax.ejb.*;
import oracle.jbo.domain.Number;
import oracle.jbo.common.PropertyConstants;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import oracle.jbo.server.ejb.ContainerManagedTxnHandlerImpl;
public class StatelessSampleEJBBean implements SessionBean {
// JNDI resource name for the J2EE datasource to use
private static final String DATASOURCE = "jdbc/OracleCoreDS";
// Fully-qualified BC4J application module name to aggregate
private static final String APPMODNAME = "com.example.hr.HRApp";
// Place to hold onto the aggregated appmodule instance
transient private ApplicationModule _am = null;
// Remember the SessionContext that the EJB container provides us
private           SessionContext    _ctx = null;
public void ejbCreate() throws CreateException {
    try {
      // Setup a hashtable of environment parameters for JNDI initial context
      Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
      env.put(JboContext.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,JboContext.JBO_CONTEXT_FACTORY);
      env.put(JboContext.DEPLOY_PLATFORM, JboContext.PLATFORM_LOCAL);
      env.put(PropertyConstants.INTERNAL_CONNECTION_PARAMS,DATASOURCE);
      // Create an initial context, using this hashtable of environment params
      InitialContext ic = new InitialContext(env);
      // Lookup a home interface for the application module
      ApplicationModuleHome home = (ApplicationModuleHome)ic.lookup(APPMODNAME);
      // Using the home, create the instance of the appmodule we'll use
      _am = home.create();
      // Register the BC4J factory to handle EJB container-managed transactions
      registerContainerManagedTransactionHandlerFactory();
    catch(Exception ex) {
       ex.printStackTrace();
      throw new CreateException(ex.getMessage());
public void ejbActivate(){}
public void ejbPassivate(){}
public void ejbRemove(){}
public void setSessionContext(SessionContext ctx){ _ctx = ctx; }
public void createDepartment(int id, String name, String loc)
throws AppException {
    try {
      // Connect the AM to the datasource we want to use for the duration
      // of this single method call.
      _am.getTransaction().connectToDataSource(null,DATASOURCE,false);
      // Use the "Departments" view object member of this AM
      ViewObject departments = _am.findViewObject("Departments");
      // Create a new row in this view object.
      Row newDept = departments.createRow();
      // Populate the attributes from the parameter arguments.
      newDept.setAttribute("Deptno", new Number(id));
      newDept.setAttribute("Dname", name);
      newDept.setAttribute("Loc", loc);
      // Add the new row to the view object's default rowset
      departments.insertRow(newDept);
      // Post all changes in the AM, but we don't commit them. The EJB
      // container managed transaction handles the commit.
      _am.getTransaction().postChanges();
    catch(JboException ex) {
      // To be good EJB Container-Managed Transaction "citizens" we have
      // to mark the transaction as needing a rollback if there are problems
      _ctx.setRollbackOnly();
      throw new AppException("Error creating dept "+ id +\n"+ex.getMessage());
    finally {
      try {
        // Disconnect the AM from the datasource we're using
        _am.getTransaction().disconnect();
      catch(Exception ex) { /* Ignore */ }
private void registerContainerManagedTransactionHandlerFactory() {
    SessionImpl session = (SessionImpl)_am.getSession();
    session.setTransactionHandlerFactory(
      new TransactionHandlerFactory() {
        public TransactionHandler createTransactionHandler() {
          return new ContainerManagedTxnHandlerImpl();
        public JTATransactionHandler createJTATransactionHandler() {
          return new ContainerManagedTxnHandlerImpl();

Hi Steve, It4s me again;
About the question I made, I tried with a single assembly-descriptor tag and a single container-transaction tag in the deployment descriptor of the session bean and these were the results.
java.lang.NullPointerException
     void com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.EXCEPTION_ORIGINATES_FROM_THE_REMOTE_SERVER(java.lang.Throwable)
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.invokeMethod(com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext, long, long, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RecoverableRemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.ejb.StatelessSessionRemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     void __Proxy1.modificaEnvoltura(java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.String)
     void SamplemdeController.envolturaControlEJBClient.main(java.lang.String[])
Then I tried with multiple assembly-descriptor tags each with a single container-transaction tag and the results were:
java.lang.NullPointerException
     void com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.EXCEPTION_ORIGINATES_FROM_THE_REMOTE_SERVER(java.lang.Throwable)
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.invokeMethod(com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext, long, long, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RecoverableRemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.ejb.StatelessSessionRemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     void __Proxy1.modificaEnvoltura(java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.String)
     void SamplemdeController.envolturaControlEJBClient.main(java.lang.String[])
Finally I tried with a single assembly-descriptor and multiple container tags and the results were:
java.lang.NullPointerException
     void com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.EXCEPTION_ORIGINATES_FROM_THE_REMOTE_SERVER(java.lang.Throwable)
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIConnection.invokeMethod(com.evermind.server.rmi.RMIContext, long, long, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.rmi.RecoverableRemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     java.lang.Object com.evermind.server.ejb.StatelessSessionRemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(java.lang.Object, java.lang.reflect.Method, java.lang.Object[])
     void __Proxy1.modificaEnvoltura(java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.Integer, java.lang.String)
     void SamplemdeController.envolturaControlEJBClient.main(java.lang.String[])
How can I make my Stateless Session bean work out?

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