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Installation - Visual Studio 2010 and later

Related products: VisioForge All-in-One Media Framework (Delphi / ActiveX)

You can directly use the ActiveX control in your C++ project. However, in C# or VB.Net, Visual Studio creates a custom wrapper assembly to enable the ActiveX API in managed code.

To get started, create a new project in C++, C#, or Visual Basic .Net. The steps might vary slightly depending on the project type. Visual Studio may need both x86 and x64 ActiveX controls to be registered, as it might use x86 for the UI designer, even if the application output is x64.

Create a new project (C++, C#, or Visual Basic). We'll create a C# WinForms application in this example. You can also use other project types, like VB.Net WinForms or C++ MFC.

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Open the ActiveX dialog by right-clicking on the Toolbox and selecting the "Choose Items" menu item.

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Select the "VisioForge Video Edit Control" item.

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The new control has been added to the toolbox. Click on it and drag it to the form. That's the main control you will use to edit videos.

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For .NET applications, we highly recommend using the native .NET SDK instead of ActiveX. It offers greater power and flexibility, allowing you to utilize native WinForms, WPF, and MAUI controls.

Please get in touch with support to get help with this tutorial. Visit our GitHub page to get more code samples.