Beans can be simple components like buttons, textfields, scrollbars, etc., or they can be complex entities like calculators or text editors, which were themselves composed out of other components. |
Typically, the builder's tool has a visual interface, akin to Visual Basic or Delphi, in which you can select Bean components to place on your window and hook up events to particular actions. |
The Bean Development Kit (BDK) comes with a testing tool, the Bean Box. |
It also comes with a Bridge for ActiveX and the Migration Assistant for ActiveX. |