The control-frame COM object is the actual ActiveX control container. It provides the initial point of access to the ActiveX control from ABL. Through this COM object you can access the component handle of the ActiveX control, which in turn allows you to directly access the ActiveX control's properties and methods. For information on accessing ActiveX control properties and methods in ABL, see UsingCOM Objects in ABL.

The following figure shows the relationship between the ActiveX control, its control-frame, and other widgets in the ABL user interface.