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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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DAX Error: Access violation Read of address 00000000

Every time I try compile a VB project that uses a Delphi (2007) activex, I get a DAX error in the delphi activex. This only happens when I try to compile the VB project. Anybody knows what might be going on?
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How do I disable dialogs and popups made by an ActiveX control?

I have a WebBrowser control in my Winforms application, I load a wabpage that contains ActiveX content, there is a control(That I want to keep it running) that generates a dialog box, when this box is closed a popup is made. How do I stop the dialog…
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flash activex in wpf issue

I know how to host a flash activex in wpf, but there a issue to that. After I reinstall my os , my app failed to laod a flash file, but after I opened the flash file with web browser and restart my app, my app worked again. is there some…
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Windows Forms Control Library template

we are trying to use an activex control from WPF to save a rewrite right now. Found this article , https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742735(v=vs.100).aspx that refers to the Windows Forms Control Library Template. now I have Visual Studio…
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DCOM Object Reference C#

I am trying to add a reference of the remote computer in a local network (computer name or IP address) to a DCOM object. Just for example: When I do the following it works on the local machine: private void btnOpnDWSFT_Click(object sender, EventArgs…
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Open MS Word document with webdav and javascript

I enable Webdav in IIS, and I'm able to open a word document using IE with the below Javascript code: var objWord = new ActiveXObject('Word.Application'); objWord.Visible = true; …
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AutoHotKey GUI with embedded HTML and transparent background

I'm trying to make an AutoHotKey script to display a transparent overlay from an HTML file using the following code: SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a…
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Matlab cannot invoke Microsoft Powerpoint or Word with ActiveX

My Matlab R2015b code is: x = actxserver('PowerPoint.Application'); invoke(x.Presentations,'Open','C:\ESL\cTemplate.ppx'); The first line works. I can inspect x and see that it has found Microsoft PowerPoint. The second line yields Error using…
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Excel 2013 64bit Select Date - Update

Has anyone heard of any update from Microsoft regarding the ability to add a datepicker (click on a cell and select a date from a calendar) to Excel 2013 64-bit? I know of the common controls but as far as I know, those do not seem to be…
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How to create a wrapper for activex control in c# .net and embed in web page?

We have a 3rd party ActiveX control namely Autodesk's "Design Review" that we would like to use in a non aspx environment. Most functionality is available through javascript, however one key method cannot be called from that environment. Searching…
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WPF Memory not released when called from ActiveX

I have a class that populates 1000 ComboBoxes into the UI, the code is namespace ActiveXMemory { /// /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml /// public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow() { …
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VBA Error Handler Fails for "For Each __ in __" While Referencing ActiveX Controls: Run-time Error 438

I have a worksheet full of ActiveX controls. I know they're buggy on Worksheets so this is the function I've implemented to reset the controls and keep their behavior in check. The problem is that the Error handler doesn't catch a Run-time Error 438…
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How to AddFile using ActiveX in Plupload?

My machine is connected with a scanner. The scanner can return a couple of images and I can get the paths of these images in the web page. Then I want to upload these images using Plupload plugin. Now I can get these file using ActiveX. But when I…
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ActiveX Checkbox calls Sub to loop through all Bookmarks and perform conditional action (to specific group)

I'm using VBA in Word to create a SmartForm where the user can tick a checkbox in order to display certain information which I have Bookmarked using the naming format "TEXT_BUTANE" Because each product (BUTANE/ PROPANE/ ETHANE) will have multiple…
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Using ActiveX control in WPF

I'm attempting to host an ActiveX control in a WPF app. After attempting to use existing info on the web and here, I've hit a dead-end. I need to use an ActiveX control provided to communicate with a UV power meter. They provide an application that…
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