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ActiveXObject is the key/initial function to enable and reference an "Automation object" in a Microsoft programming environment or the Internet Explorer browser. It is used when the object should be accessed entirely in script with no visual components. See also the activeX tag.

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Strictly speaking, ActiveXObject is just the key/initial function to enable and reference an "Automation object" in a Microsoft-only, programming environment. Automation Objects are objects referred to entirely in code with generally no UI design component. For example, in Internet Explorer this is used to access an activex object without inserting it into the page DOM.

Some also seem to apply this term to the system-interface objects referenced by ActiveXObject().

ActiveXObject and activeX is a Microsoft proprietary technology that works only in Microsoft programming environments or on Internet Explorer.

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How to use ActiveXObject in Angular 4 project

I am trying to use ActiveXObject like below getActiveXObject(pdfCtrl) { return new ActiveXObject(pdfCtrl); } checkPDF() { let plugin = null; if (this.getBrowser() === 'ie') { plugin =…
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How can I deploy a C# ActiveX object via a remotely loaded DLL (without prior registration) using IE8/IE9 and then access it with javascript?

I need to remotely load a .NET DLL that contains an ActiveX object (non-visual) and then access it via javascript using the new ActiveXObject() method. Currently IE8 is correctly loading this DLL with the path from the codebase attribute on the…
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How to get a IHTMLElement pointer to the tag hosting an activex control
I have an ActiveX control generated by the FireBreath framework (http://firebreath.org). I need to get a reference to the tag in the page that hosts the plugin from C++. If I were using NPAPI, I would use the NPNVPluginElementNPObject…
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Freeing JavaScript's ActiveXObject()?

I'm calling a C# COM component using javascript: keystore = new ActiveXObject("RBCrypto.KeyStore");. I've noticed this instance stays around until I exit the browser. Is there anyway to "release" that object when the user leaves the page? Currently…
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ActiveXObject constructor list of parameters

ActiveXObject() constructor support different types of parameters as follows: new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument"); new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XSLTemplate"); new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument"); new…
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What event is triggered when user selects value from drop down ComboBox (ActiveX)?

What event is triggered when user selects value from drop down ComboBox (Active X). How it can be defined in VBA. I would like to trigger macro when value is selected from drop down.
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ActiveXObject to download directly to HDD

Is there a native ActiveX Object or similar that I can use to download a source file straight to my HDD. Currently I'm using the following: function downloadToFile(url, file) { var xhr = new ActiveXObject("msxml2.xmlhttp"), ado = new…
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JScript IDE with autocomplete for COM objects created with ActiveXObject () function

Is there a JScript IDE with autocomplete for COM objects created with ActiveXObject() function? i.e. so that after typing the following piece of code the IDE would display the list of methods / properties of the ExcelApp object: var ExcelApp = new…
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$ is undefined after opening excel ActiveXobject

I have a local html file to do some manipulations with excel. My scripts tags are in head as follows