Word 97—Programmability

ActiveX Container Support

Word 97 now hosts ActiveX controls. This enables you to create powerful documents and forms from within Word.

ActiveX Forms Authoring

In addition to providing extensive print and online form building capabilities, Word 97 enables you to create Active documents, using ActiveX controls. These controls are integrated with Word’s forms design interface – they are fully programmable in VBE and let you create customizable, responsive forms in Word. Word ships with a number of controls including:

• Command button
• CheckBox
• Option button
• Label
• Image
• Frame
• Listbox
• Dropdown Combo
• Dropdown Listbox
• Toggle button
• Textbox
• Spin button
• Multipage control
• Scrollbar control

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