ActiveX 101
Make sure you have a truly "Webmaster-ful" understanding of what ActiveX controls are and how they do that voodoo that they do so well.
Active-X.com
Contains a comprehensive library of ActiveX controls that you can download, as well as several articles about the technology.
ActiveX Controls 
Library of ActiveX controls from the industry's top vendors, compiled by your About.com guide.
ActiveX Demystified
"It's invasive. It's ubiquitous. But what, exactly, is ActiveX?" This article from Byte magazine answers all your questions, as well as offering some predictions about the future of ActiveX, COM and DCOM.
ActiveX.com
Library of ActiveX controls by CNET.
ActiveX Tutorial
This article shows you how to go about creating an ActiveX control that allows you to retrieve information about the system, such as disk space and processor usage, using the API.
An initial look at the Microsoft Scripting Control
Jim Karabatsos evaluates the new VBScript wrapper that makes it easy to allow users to write macros to automate your application.
Microsoft ActiveX Control Pad (2.8MB)
This is a link to the ActiveX control pad setup files from Microsoft that makes it really easy to insert ActiveX controls into HTML documents. Also download the tutorial (330Kb).
Brent's Visual Basic Web Directory ActiveX
Links to ActiveX related sites.
Creating a card game control
Using the cards.dll file and Visual Basic 5, the author of this article has managed to create a fully working card game . . .Within an ActiveX control!! This is a sample chapter from "Instant Visual Basic 5 ActiveX Control Creation", from Wrox Press
Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 5.0
Check out this complete online book from VB guru Dan Appleman. Although not targeted to the most recent version of VB, this title is worth a read.
Deploying ActiveX Controls on the Internet
This article from Microsoft explains the steps that you must take in order to prepare your control for using within HTML documents. Includes information on creating CAB files and having your control digitally signed.
Developing Advanced ActiveX Controls with Visual Basic 5.0
Daniel Appleman offers an introduction to developing powerful ActiveX controls using the built in function of Visual Basic. From his book "Dan Appleman's Developing ActiveX Components with Visual Basic 5.0: A Guide to the Perplexed"
Developing for Developers
Rupert Walsh offers advice to help you build working ActiveX controls to help fellow developers reduce code.
Souping Up Sites with ActiveX and VBScript
Learn how ActiveX can be used in conjunction with VBScript to provide some powerful tools for building sophisticated Web sites.
Sixteen Steps to Better Controls
ActiveX gives developers more programming tools to integrate other apps online. Here are sixteen ActiveX tips and tricks.
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