To insert ActiveX controls

Select Objects ® Standard Descriptors ® ActiveX Control ® Show All . The Insert ActiveX Controls (OCX) dialog box appears.

Tip: You can also right-click and use the New item in the pop-up menu to insert the ActiveX control at the cursor position.

Select the name of the ActiveX control you want to insert and click OK. The default presentation of the control appears.
Position and resize the ActiveX control on the diagram.
Right-click the control and select Descriptor Properties. A list of all the properties that you can change from IGSS appears.
Find the properties you want to bind to IGSS object values and bind them using the two Bind commands in the pop-up menu.

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Change the static properties, as required.

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Click OK to close the Descriptor Properties dialog box.

Note: The ActiveX control will now behave according to your selections. Note that if you have bound an ActiveX control event to an IGSS object value, then you must install the configuration and test this function in IGSS Supervise.

Tips

To get Help for each ActiveX control property, right-click its name and select Property Help or ActiveX Control Help Index in the pop-up menu.
To change the static ActiveX control properties, right-click the control and select Show ActiveX Control Property Pages.