ActiveX controls have four types of properties:

l Stock:-> These are standard properties supplied to every

control, such as font or

color. The developer must activate stock properties, but

there is little or no

coding involved.

2 Ambient:-> These are properties of the environment that

surrounds the control -

properties of the container into which it has been placed.

These can't be changed,

but the control can use them to adjust its own properties.

For example, it can set

the control's background color to match the container's

background color.

3 Extended:-> These are properties that the container

handles, usually involving size

and placement onscreen.

4 Custom:-> These are properties added by the control

developer.