Hosting an ActiveX component inside a web part?

Hi all,

I'm just beginning to learn about ASP.Net web parts and using them inside SharePoint. I have a possible need to be able to host an Active X component inside a Web Part and had a few questions about this:

1] Firstly, is this actually possible? If so are there any caveats or potential pitfalls I need to be aware of?

2] Assuming its possible to host such a component inside a web part, would I be right in assuming that another web part could connect to the web part hosting the ActiveX component in order to interface with it?

3] Can anyone give examples of where this has been done?

Many thanks for any info you can provide!

[671 byte] By [Dudley] at [2007-12-29]