Creating text-based links in VB6 ActiveX

Hi Folks,

Apologies if this is a silly question but here goes...

I'm creating an activeX DLL to be used as a plugin with outlook 2000 and I'd like to know how it is possible to:-

1. Create clickable TEXT links to be included in VB forms (Links that can either open another form within the DLL or interact with other aspects of the Outlook object model)

I could of course create command buttons, but I'd like to provide clickable text links, which will be used to display hints/help in a pop-up format.



2. Part of the application I am developing will allow the user to select one or more contacts from the contacts folder, (via a grid control) and will load the selected contact names into a text box, as a list, separated with some form of delimiter (probably ';').

What I would like to know is, how can I load the list into a text box, as a list of clickable text links, similar to how Outlook creates a "to:" or "cc:" list of mail recipients when creating a new e-mail (The recipient list comprises a series of URL-style "to:" contact names, each of which can be right-clicked on, to display properties - including literal e-mail address etc).

I've included a small bmp to illustrate what I'm talking about.


Is there a special textbox or masked edit control that must be employed to implement this type of functionality?

Apologies if I'm missing something blindingly obvious.

Any and all help appreciated

Regards



Hitch
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