ActiveX value objects

You can create ActiveX value objects with . An ActiveX value object is an object that is compliant with Microsoft Common Object Model (COM) and contains a client-side copy of database data.

The following table summarizes the relationship between ActiveX elements and HCL Informix® opaque data type elements.
Table 1. Relationship between ActiveX elements and Informix® opaque data type elements
ActiveX element Opaque data type element
ActiveX control (or ActiveX object) Opaque data type
Custom methods (dual interface) Opaque type support routines
Properties Accessor methods for the members of the data structure that defines the opaque type
States N.A.
Events N.A.
Interfaces

(ActiveX value objects provide the IRawObjectAccess and ITDkValue interfaces)

N.A.
Important: Changing an object on the client does not update the object on the database server. To update the value on the database server, you must do so explicitly with an SQL UPDATE statement.