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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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Can not debug an ActiveX inside a VB6 project with several components inside

I have to debug a big application done in VB6. The application is comprised of a main EXE, some ActiveX projects and other ActiveX control projects. The problem I'm facing is that I cannot hit breakpoints inside some ActiveX projects. Looks like the…
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is it possible to use vba to refer to and disable multiple activex check boxes

I have a workbook in which I want to disable activex check boxes. 1 check box in a row determines whether all other check boxes in that row are enabled or disabled. My code works fine but is very inefficient. Is there a way to refer to multiple…
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Assign module function to ActiveX command button DIRECTLY

In VBA for Excel, how do I assign an existing function or sub, say myFun(), in a module to a newly added ActiveX click button directly? I understand I can do the following on the worksheet code page where the ActiveX command (click) button is…
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Reason for using ActiveX controls outside of Microsoft software compatibility?

I have unfortunately inherited a legacy project which makes heavy use of ActiveX controls. As a new software engineer, I haven't ever had the need to use ActiveX before and, from what I understand, it is deprecated anyway. From what I understand,…
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Access to ActiveX checkbox value with name of checkbox as String

I have an Excel worksheet with multiple ActiveX checkboxes. Their names are "CheckBox1", "CheckBox2", "CheckBox3" etc. If I refer to them as variables, for example: If CheckBox1 = True Then MsgBox "OK" EndIf everything works fine. I want to load to…
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Windows Form C# cannot find AXWMPlib

I have created a windows form application in c# which loads video from hard disk and display them in the form using windows media player. After a 2-3 pc restarts when I am operning my project in visual studio I am receiving the following message and…
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C# MVC Get full file path

First of all I will state that I digged half of the Internet for this and everywhere I find:"No You cannot it is web browser security". I need this for Intranet webpage in ASP. NET MVC5 + C#. User should be allowed to select file or folder in some…
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Embedding matplotlib inside Qt ActiveX component

I'm attempting to embed some matplotlib figures inside of an ActiveX component using Active Qt on Windows 7, having already successfully embedded matplotlib figures inside of a regular Qt project. Using the Simple and Menus examples from the Qt docs…
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How to query interface of a COM object in C#, dynamically?

I love using dynamic variables for accessing COM objects. However I have a problem with one object. See the following code working in VBS: WScript.Echo "Nazwa firmy: " & itg.FirmaInfo.Nazwa itg is a specific object that works basically equally well…
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Primer on ActiveX Controls

I would like to use an ActiveX control - almost exactly like Edraw - to load and edit MS Word documents in IE. I found this MS article and FramerEx; can I use FramerEx? How do I write the HTML to include FramerEx? Also, can you point me to a…
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Error when using active x button to copy and paste

I am trying to set up a command button that will copy and paste data from one sheet to another. Currently my code looks like this: Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Raw Data").Activate ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Data…
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C# Deployment of Shockwave Flash Player

I have made a YouTube player in C# using Shockwave Flash dll. When I am inside visual studio it works but when I deploy my application the flash player turns just white. It doesn't play any videos. I installed the active X plugin for IE but still…
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WebBrowser control has different results for loading URL and setting DocumentText containing Silverlight

I have a .NET 2.0 app (using C#) that shows some dynamically constructed HTML pages, some of which contain Silverlight. Here's a simple example of the HTML (Note, I am using absolute paths):
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ActiveX embedded in Firefox Plugin

I have a library (developed by my company) written in C# and compiled to be an ActiveX. The lib is really complex and rewriting it is likely out of discussion. There is a way to use the library embedded or wrapped by a plugin to use the function in…
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Utility like NPAPI Spy for ACTIVEX?

just wondering if there is any open source implementation for an ActiveX web plugins similar in functionality to the one implemented by NPAPI Spy utility available at: http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/modules/plugin/tools/spy/ Thanks,…
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