Visual Basic Concepts
ActiveX Controls File Names
To load an ActiveX control into the Toolbox, use the Components dialog box from the Project menu. The table below lists the names of components you will find in the dialog box along with the file name (.ocx) and the ActiveX controls contained by the component.
Note The presence or absence of components on your system depends upon which version of Visual Basic you are using.
| Component Name | File Name | Control |
| Microsoft ADO Data Control 6.0 | MSADODC.OCX | ADO Data Control |
| Microsoft Chart Control 5.5 | MSCHART.OCX | Microsoft Chart |
| Microsoft Comm Control 6.0 | MSCOMM32.OCX | MSComm |
| Microsoft Common Dialog Control 6.0 | COMDLG32. OCX | CommonDialog |
| Microsoft Data Bound Grid Control 5.0 | DBGRID32.OCX | DBGrid |
| Microsoft Data Bound List Controls 6.0 | DBLIST32.OCX | DBList, DBCombo |
| Microsoft Data Repeater Control 6.0 | MSDATREP.OCX | DataRepeater |
| Microsoft Data Grid Control 6.0 | MSDATGRD.OCX | DataGrid |
| Microsoft Data List Controls 6.0 | MSDATLST.OCX | DataList, DataCombo |
| Microsoft FlexGrid Control 6.0 | MSFLXGRD.OCX | MSFlexGrid |
| Microsoft Grid Control | GRID32.OCX | Grid |
| Microsoft Hierarchical Flex Grid Control 6.0 | MSHFLXGD.OCX | MSHFlexGrid |
| Microsoft Internet Transfer Control 6.0 | MSINET.OCX | Internet Transfer control |
| Microsoft MAPI Controls6.0 | MSMAPI32.OCX | MAPIMessages, MAPISession |
| Microsoft MaskedEdit Control 6.0 | MSMASK32.OCX | MaskedEdit |
| Microsoft Multimedia Control 6.0 | MCI32.OCX | Multimedia MCI |
| Microsoft PictureClip Control 6.0 | PICCLP32.OCX | PictureClip |
| Microsoft RemoteData Control 6.0 | MSRDC20.OCX | RemoteData |
| Microsoft RichTextBox Control 6.0 | RICHTX32.OCX | RichTextBox |
| Microsoft SysInfo Control 6.0 | SYSINFO.OCX | SysInfo |
| Microsoft TabbedDialog Control 6.0 | TABCTL32.OCX | Microsoft Tab Control |
| Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 | MSCOMCTL.OCX | TabStrip, Toolbar, StatusBar, ProgressBar, TreeView, ListView, ImageList, Slider, ImageCombo |
| Microsoft Windows Common Controls-2 6.0 | MSCOMCT2.OCX | Animation, UpDown, MonthView, DTPicker, FlatScrollbar |
| Microsoft Windows Common Controls-3 6.0 | COMCT332.OCX | CoolBar |
| Microsoft Winsock Control 6.0 | MSWINSCK.OCX | WinSock |