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ActiveX is a Microsoft-proprietary framework for defining and accessing interfaces, to system resources, in a programming-language independent way.

ActiveX is a Microsoft-proprietary framework for defining and accessing interfaces to system resources, in a programming-language independent way.

It's used in many Microsoft Windows applications such as: , , , and .
These applications also encapsulate their own functionality as ActiveX controls for other applications to use. Internet Explorer also allows embedding ActiveX controls onto web pages.

ActiveX is a successor to Microsoft's earlier and technologies.

Projects, such as , facilitate developing plugins as both NPAPI plugins and ActiveX controls.

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How to launch an application from a browser?

Is it possible to launch an application from a browser? I am not talking about opening a file from a browser (like open a PDF with Adobe Reader), but rather opening a new (blank) instance of an application that is installed on the user's…
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What is the difference between "Form Controls" and "ActiveX Control" in Excel 2010?

Using Microsoft Excel 2010, I noticed two kind of controls that can be inserted into a document: Form Controls and ActiveX Controls. What is the difference between them?
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Are ActiveX Controls Disabled?

I have Excel worksheets that use ActiveX checkboxes to control certain activity. Today they started to give errors. I was alerted to this by a colleague who was running a later version of Excel, but it was still working on my computer. I noticed…
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How to add property to property map without class explorer?

I've got a new question after answer on this question Pass parameter from page to ActiveX How to add property to property map without class explorer? Need to add the property for object and class explorer doesn't work because Nemerle doesn't support…
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What can you do with COM/ActiveX in Python?

I've read that it is possible to automate monthly reports in Crystal Reports with COM/ActiveX. I'm not that advanced to understand what this is or what you can even do with it. I also do a lot of work with Excel and it looks like you also use…
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ActiveX component can't create object

I have just installed a third party app on my Windows Server 2008 server and I get the ActiveX Component can't create object message when I try to access using a CreateObject in VBScript. It is definitely installed and exists under "Programs and…
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Best approach to get RTSP streaming into web browser from IP Camera?

Is it possible to get the RTSP Streaming data into the web browser? Below are some of my findings. Kindly correct me if I am wrong? Only Mac OS, and Safari supports RTSP Live Streaming. HTML 5 video does not support RTSP. I can use the VLC…
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Is Google Chrome embeddable?

I've asked myself if one can embed the google chrome browser engine in an own application. I'm using Delphi 2009. There's an IE ActiveX wrapper component delivered with the IDE. Also, there's a Firefox ActiveX component out there, but it's based on…
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ADODBCould not load type 'ADODB.FieldsToInternalFieldsMarshaler' from assembly

I'm trying to read an ADOBD.Recordset object like this (my first time, so pardon my "noobness" :D): Presentation.Category categorySvc = new Presentation.Category(); ADODB.Recordset categories = categorySvc.ListAll("BE", "DUE", "EN", 128); foreach…
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Differences between Excel's Form Controls & ActiveX Controls

Why are there 2 types of controls available in Excel? (2 buttons, 2 combo boxes, 2 check box, etc...) What's the difference between Forms Controls and ActiveX Controls? Which one should I use? Some code samples I find online work with my…
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Print directly from browser without print popup window

As it said in the subject I've to create a feature for a web-based application that will allow users to send print directly without prompting any dialog boxe just make the print i.e click and print, simple! but not for me :(. Please, suggest what…
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C# COM DLL: do I use Regasm, or Regsvr32?

I am building a C# ActiveX DLL... do I use REGASM or REGSVR32 to register it? How do I register the 64-bit interface vs the 32-bit interface?
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ReportViewer Client Print Control "Unable to load client print control"?

Has anyone come across this issue? Seems MS have broken it with their own update: A number of people have reported problems using the ActiveX print control in the report viewer after installing Microsoft Update 956391. Specifically, users…
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What is a "Sync Block" and tips for reducing the count

We have a Windows Forms application that uses a (third party) ActiveX control, and are noticing in the .NET performance objects under ".NET CLR Memory" that the number of "Sync Blocks" in use is constantly increasing (along with increasing memory…
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What is the difference between AxInterop and Interop?

I've added an .ocx to the toolbox in VS. Two .dll's were created: Interop.NNN.dll, AxInterop.NNN.dll. What is each one? Are they both required?
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