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ActiveX
| ActiveX™ controls, formerly known as OLE controls or OCX controls, are components (or objects) you can insert into a Web page or other application to reuse packaged functionality someone else programmed. For example, the ActiveX controls that are included with Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 3.0 allow you to enhance your Web pages with sophisticated formatting features and animation. |
A key advantage of ActiveX controls over Java™ applets and Netscape™ plug-ins is that ActiveX controls can also be used in applications written in many programming languages, including all of the Microsoft programming and database languages.
There are more than 1,000 ActiveX controls available today with functionality ranging from a timer control (which simply notifies its container at a particular time) to full-featured spreadsheets and word processors. If you can imagine it, you can do it with an ActiveX control.
You can add ActiveX controls to your Web pages by using the standard HTML <OBJECT> tag. The object tag includes a set of parameters that you use to specify which data the control should use and to control the appearance and behavior of the control.
| ActiveX Demystified | If you use a computer, Microsoft's ActiveX is probably part of your life. Whether you like it or not, the ActiveX technologies have become an essential part of Microsoft applications and tools; they are even finding their way into Microsoft operating systems. What impact is ActiveX having? How does it affect the millions of Microsoft-oriented developers and the tens of millions of Microsoft users? Answering these questions first requires addressing another question, one that turns out to be surprisingly hard to answer: Just what exactly is ActiveX? |
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| ACTIVEX.COM | ACTIVEX.COM is a service from CNET: The Computer Network that features the most comprehensive library of downloadable ActiveX controls on the Internet. You can browse for and download the best new ActiveX component software -- including freeware, shareware, demos, fixes, patches, upgrades -- from the top vendor sites on the Internet. ActiveX developers can also register to include their controls in ACTIVEX.COM. |
| ActiveX Template Library | The ActiveX Template Library (ATL) was created to provide developers with a convenient mechanism for building lightweight and fast COM (Component Object Model) objects. COM is the technical underpinning of all Microsoft ActiveX technologies. |
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