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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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Excel 2007 VBA to add a button

I am trying to write some codes to place a button into my worksheet automatically and when click on the button it will execute some codes. I wrote my code based on the example I saw from the book "Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA" (p896). I am…
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How can I check that the dll that holds the ActiveX library that I use is signed with my certificate?

I know how to check the signing of an executable or dll by location from this question: Checking digital signature programmatically from Delphi How can I know that an ActiveX library that I am using is signed with my certificate? The executable…
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How to get text out of a Word document using Active Qt?

I have several Word documents and I need the text out of them in my programm, to make my specific pdf file out of it. At the moment i have following code which allows me to show the word document, but i need the plain text. QAxWidget*…
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ActiveX Control Not Installing Automatically

I have written a simple activex control in c# and created its .msi installer and packaged it in .cab file. when i runs the .msi installer by manually, it installs the activex control and works fine from browser. but when browser prompts for…
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install (and use) a COM component in delphi application as I run the exe

I am trying to solve the doc to pdf conversion as described here. Since there is no a Delphi component (with source code) that creates pdf from doc, I was wondering how it is possible to "register the COM at runtime". I AM NOT USING AN INSTALLER, I…
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How to destroy Activex control reference refresh the page simultaneously

Use C # to create Activex controls file monitoring, the purpose of the existence of the new file upload. Refresh the page when a problem arises, Activex control reference was not able to destroy. Originally created objects still exist, the new…
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ActiveX spreadsheet control disables workbook_open event

I have inserted an ActiveX spreadsheet control into an Excel VBA form. I have written a procedure in the ThisWorkbook.Workbook_Open() event and it will not execute upon opening the workbook when the ActiveX spreadsheet control exists on the…
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Is it at all possible to run a batch file in JS / html without ActiveX?

So, here's my dilemma, I'm creating a site for the company I work for to push out to all our remote employees. The site basically tests their internet connection and then connection to OUR network. If they are not connected to out network, we…
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Event Capture in classic ASP (vbscript) - is this possible?

We have just purchased some software that provides an API into our phone system allowing us to dial, hangup etc.. The API was designed to be used client side (internet explorer / activex). We want to use this server side and execute the dial…
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How to debug why a VB6 application using my .NET ActiveX control does not register for events?

My original query was here, to give you an idea of how I did the implementation. Replacing a C++ ActiveX component with a .NET implementation? The C++ ActiveX control I am replacing uses COM events. When one of the VB6 client applications (VB6 I…
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Accessing local resources using activex dll control in C#

Its possible access local resources, like serial ports, open a socket, write a file, etc, using a activex dll in c#? I already have a applicaton that works in this scenario, but i had to configurate the framework to fulltrust access. Now i would…
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Find all available OLE containers

Found out that entries at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\ that contain "verb" subkey represent OLE containers. Like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{GUID_HERE}\verb\ Question: Is this necessary and sufficient condition to…
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Change both the code name and the shape name of an activex optionbutton control in Excel vba

Excel VBA: I am trying to get to some activex option buttons through the OLEObjects object, but I am finding that even though I change the value of (Name) in the property window for the object, it still requires the "OptionButton1" default name as a…
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COM "class is not registered" in case if using additional dll. How to debug this error?

The situation is that. I run Labview and from one via ActiveX pallet call my COM object method. And it works, I walk through my code with debugger. But when I start to use (uncomment) code from side dll I see "class is not registered" error in…
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ActiveX on Visual C++ 6 Tutorial

I have to build an application based in an ActiveX library (MIL for Matrox framegrabbers). The library should be already working, since it compiles and run a console application provided as example. (Yes, the console application is probably not…
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