How can we make an ActiveX control interact with a USB controller?

I am attempting to write an ActiveX control that will play an audio file while accepting commands from a USB-connected foot pedal.

The USB foot pedal dll is a unmanaged, non COM-compliant dll that requires p/invoke to be used from .NET.

How can I use an unmanaged DLL inside an ActiveX control

I need this to work with Vista and IE7.

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I am replying to my own post in case somebody else has a similar question.

To use an unmanaged .dll in an .NET ActiveX control, you must pre-install the .dll to the C:\Windows\System32 directory. COM+ and .NET dependencies will be downloaded automatically.

Your ActiveX control will need full trust, so you have two options:
Give the containing zone permissions to run full trust (Control Panel>Administrative>.NET 2.0 Configuration)

Strong name your assembly and all .net dependencies through Visual Studio. It is not difficult to generate a self-signed strong name using VS2005. Then, assign full trust to just your .dll.

You will also need to place this in front of one of your classes:
[SecurityPermission( SecurityAction.Demand, UnmanagedCode=true, SkipVerification=true)]

This will demand unmanaged code permissions. If you do not demand permissions, they will not be given, and your unmanaged code will not run.

Nathanael Jones
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How can we make an ActiveX control interact with a USB controller?

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