Getting into ActiveX Control

Hi

I need to build an ActiveX control for use in a web page in Internet
Explorer for a project I'll be working on. I've never done any work
with ActiveX or COM or anything of the sorts. I barely even know what
the terminology is.

From what I've been able to find out by searching, ATL seems to be the
prefered method of creating an activex control. I haven't been able to
find any information about creating one for use in internet explorer
though. Most of what I find for examples just talks about createing a
new project in <insert various ide> and clicking a few buttons,
checking a few boxes, compile and run. These don't do me any good
because I'm not using the IDE they are, and the code it generates isn't
explained.

What I'd like to know is what sites or books I can go to or get that
would help out with getting me started in this whole thing. All I
really need is some small example code that loads a control in IE
showing something like a button and some text. Something simple with
easy to understand code and some kind of an explination. If someone
would have time to create something like that I would very much
appricate it. Otherwise a push in the right direction would be nice
to.

In case it helps, what I am using is Visual Studio .NET 2003, and IE 7.

Thanks
Keith

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