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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.

Other Related Tags: ,

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What causes "Internal error has occured" on MsRdpClient_OnDisconnected event in AxMsRdpClient9 from AxMSTSCLib?

I have simple windows form application with a single ActiveX control in it. That is Microsoft RDP Client Control - version 10. Here is Constructor for the form public ConnectionWindow() { InitializeComponent(); …
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Invoking the print/save/email function of Adobe Reader plugin in browser

I am looking for a way to invoke the print/save/email functions from the Adobe Reader plugin in the browser. To better explain, please open the following image in your browser: http://stylephp.com/demo/pdf.png In the image, you'll see a sample PDF…
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Viewer displays a blank page

We use PBNI to call methods and open windows in C#, using a C++ DLL and Crystal Reports 10. A window that contains a Crystal Reports Viewer OLE control shows nothing but a blank page, with no error. In debug mode in Powerbuilder, the report shows…
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VBA: Assign a generic OLEObject to a CheckBox variable

My code loops through all of the existing OLEObjects within the current sheet in an Excel workbook. I want it to find a specific one (based on the name passed to the sub) which is always a CheckBox and assign it to a variable of type CheckBox. Note:…
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.Net - Com PVariant Param

I am a little stuck with a strange Problem. I need to control some Hardware via a 3rd Party Active-X typelibrary. My program is written in C#. The Problem is one API / COM call needs a ref to a PVariant - So if I get it correctly a Pointer to a…
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Deleting the ActiveX textbox and command buttons without using VBA i.e directly from sheet

I am not able to understand the working of activex controls: 1) I inserted a text box and command box on my worksheet 2) I double-clicked on them and the VBA editor opens 3) I typed some code and ran it Now, when I go back to the worksheet and…
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Is there a way to programatically add Form Controls?

I'm working on a spreadsheet with a Form Control that opens a Userform used for data entry purposes. The submit button of the form fills a row of cells and adds two buttons on the last two cells of the row. It will insert as many rows as the user…
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Can an HTML object tag be placed inside an HTML form tag?

I have a simple ASP.NET page that uses the VLC media player to play a video in IE. I also have four buttons to control the playback: Play, Pause, Stop, and Mute The four buttons call JavaScript functions that access the ActiveX control. When I…
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OCX library with C# (ActiveX library)

whats the simplest way to make ocx library working in c#? (I'm using wpf project) I tried to use aximp, but when creating Ax[libname]Lib.Ax[libname] object, calling getocx() returns null. EDIT: I should add, that this lib is for communicating with…
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Excel sheet takes up a lot of memory

I designed a tool in Excel that contains a sheet that acts as a user input form. On the sheet is an active-x combo box, eight shapes with assigned macros, and a range formatted with colour and borders to display data. This sheet takes up around 3Mb…
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MFC C++ Keep UI from locking up while event handler is running

I come from a physics background so I have very little experience with MFC. However the Thorlabs stepper motor controller we are using talks to the PC through an ActiveX control. I have written a little program that moves a motor, measures the…
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Why ActiveX "Unknown Publisher" error when using signed certificate?

I have been struggling for days trying to get a simple ActiveX DLL to work with no success despite studying several articles on the subject which I have found online. I suspect I have several things coded incorrectly as I am just not familiar with…
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How to hook ActiveX control into events/changes into my viewmodel?

I've added WindowsMediaPlayer ActiveX to my WPF/MVVM application. Now I need the control to react to changes happening in the viewmodel (most importantly updating URL when the current selection in my collection changes). Based on Walkthrough:…
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Is it possible to permit ActiveX objects to function inside a WPF WebControl?

I have many legacy web pages (written in ASP) that are using an ActiveX control to provide programmatic spell checking functionality (these pages programmatically validate that the user has performed at least one spell check by interrogating the…
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What has made Adobe Flex more “acceptable” than its predecessors?

I have been building enterprise software for the last 10 years. In this time we have seen enterprise applications move from client server to thin clients. We have also seen the move to hosted solutions, albeit under a few names (asp, SaaS, cloud…
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