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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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Converting an Array of Objects to a COM Variant Array from JavaScript

I'm currently struggeling a little with a problem concerning an ActiveX-Interface and specifically a Variant-Array. I found some answers how to achieve the conversion but unfortunately nothing worked for me so far. Maybe you can help me. Here's my…
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Activator.CreateInstance timeout

I'm trying to debug an unmanaged EXE through an ActiveX interface. The problem is that I'm using Activator.CreateInstance(Type) to create the ActiveX object of my application. The behavior I'm debugging is in the loading of this application. As a…
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ActiveX component can't create object with reg-free com until after restart

When I install a new version of the application that is using an ActiveX library through Reg-free com (using a manifest file) I get "ActiveX component can't create object" error. However, when I restart the machine and run the application again, the…
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How to set byte[] property of ActiveX component from Javascript?

I'd like to set RTF formatted calendar entries, but don't know how to pass the byte[] to the ActiveX object, i.e. the RTFBody property. The following code reads the RTFBody property after some content has been set - so reading the byte[] is…
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How to load 64-bit ActiveX control in 64-bit IE version 11?

I am trying to figure out how to load 64-bit ActiveX control in 64-bit IE version 11 on Windows 8.1. This is what I did/tried already: Changed UAC setting Turned 'Enable 64-bit process for Enhanced Protected Mode*' and 'Enable Enhanced Protected…
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Flash ActiveX: How to Load Movie from memory or resource or stream?

I'm embedding a Flash ActiveX control in my C++ app (Flash.ocx, Flash10a.ocx, etc depending on your Flash version). I can load an SWF file by calling LoadMovie(0, filename), but the file needs to physically reside in the disk. How to load the SWF…
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Steps to install Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) ActiveX?

On Windows Vista Business, I installed the MSMQ core components but I can not see a 'Microsoft Message Queuing' ActiveX (I want to import it in Delphi). To verify my install, where should I look for the ActiveX file? The MSMQ service is installed…
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ConvertToCSV not exporting data more than 600

Below is the code that I have used for exporting data to excel. It works fine for data smaller 500 but it takes more time when data is bigger than 500 and hangs if I try to export 1000 data. function ExportToCsv(fileName, tableName) { get(); var…
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How do I "break out" of the browser's sandbox?

I need to create a web-controlled application (that lives in the browser) that can connect to and read data from devices connected via USB or the serial port. At the moment, I'm using an ActiveX control to do this. However, I'm like to re-write…
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ActiveX Control does not work on ASPX pages

I have Created a C# ActiveX Control, and registered it successfully, I have Tried it on HTML Page and it works perfectly, but when I put it inside ASPX Page and use it, the Following error happened: "JavaScript runtime error: Member not found." the…
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Scan and access local file directory in Firefox and IE?

I'm doing some research on whether or not it's possible for a web app (meant to be used and distributed internally) to scan and read files from a local directory (on user machine). I came across a couple of terms as following: NPAPI: no longer…
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ActiveX event handlers in an HTA using JScript

In C# I can write event handlers as follows: var wdApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application(); wdApp.DocumentBeforeSave += (Document doc, ref bool saveAsUI, ref bool cancel) => { //do stuff here }; In VBA/VB6, I can use static event…
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C++ ATL Member Variable access help

I am not familiar with this, and can use a kick start. I am using ATL (unmanaged C++) user control and would like to use the ShockWave ActiveX object. I need to know how to declare it so that I can set a property or call a method. For instance, if I…
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VB6: How to specify a class' version in an OCX control?

I want to make a class in a shared OCX control have the same version as my application. Is there anyway to specify the version of a class in an OCX? In Windows registry the CLSID is surprising me with version numbers I never specified and never saw…
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How to change the Class ID of an ActiveX made in vb6

I have an ActiveX control made in the vb6. Since the client is asking to change the class id and I have no knowledge of vb6, Please help me to determine the class id of an ActiveX. I have searched a lot on the internet. but of no use. In C++ the…
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