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DirectShow Virtual Video Capture Source Filter in C#

13 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Articles describes how to create virtual video capture source directshow filter in pure C#

H.264 CUDA Encoder DirectShow Filter in C#

16 Jul 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes how to make H.264 Video Encoder DirectShow Filter using NVIDIA encoder API in C#

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 1 - Windows Media Splitter example.

7 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic task which are requre to solve for developing your own DirectShow Splitter filters.

How can I enumerate and remove installed ActiveX controls?

21 Apr 2010 by Rama Krishna Vavilala

A Microsoft tool named RegMaid does the same thing as what you want to do. The nice thing is that it comes with the full C++ source code. As you can see there is lot involved in removing ActiveX controls (CLSID, AppID, Interfaces, Typelibs etc). Download the tool and the source code...

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 2 - AVI File Source example

13 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic tasks for implementing your own File Source DirectShow filters.

Fixing Unregistered .OCX Files in Running Legacy Application on Windows 10 (64-bit)

18 May 2022 by Southmountain

How to install and register .OCX components for legacy application

ActiveX problem

2 Jan 2011 by Cedric Moonen

Yes, you need to install something on the target PC: the microsoft Visual C++ redistributable package. If your ActiveX was developed with visual studio 2008, then you can find the package here[^]. If you used another version of visual studio, then you have to look for the corresponding package.

Create WPF Application that uses Reloadable Plugins...

13 Apr 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

This is not a problem. You can even host and plug-in whole WPF applications. I think you don't need this, so I'll explain a skeleton of plug-in design.Let's assume you have host application which never changes (more exactly, its plug-in support sub-system is not changed or is changed...

how to launch a window application(.exe) from a web page with cross browser support

29 Jul 2012 by OriginalGriff

Probably not - IE and ActiveX are about the only solution to doing that, and even that is unlikely to work in the real world - too many rogue ActiveX controls mean that support for them even in IE is normally disabled.The chances of your getting this to work at all outside a corporate...

ActiveX Inception Drawing Issue

8 Apr 2013 by The_Inventor

You need a member and method(s) that point to the mschrt20.ocx functions within the mschrt20.ocx module within your module's code. Also you will need to include mschrt20.h in your header file for you module. Then in your OnDraw() use the methods and member, that is in your header file of your...

What are possible ways to override User Access Control (UAC) while registering an ActiveX Control ?

22 Jul 2013 by Ron Beyer

The only solution is to turn UAC off, there's nothing you can do in code to get around this.UAC exists to protect the user from the code. For that reason the code can't bypass the user. If there was a way around this in code, then viruses or malware could bypass UAC without telling the user,...

ActiveX in .NET Applications

9 Sep 2015 by Vladyslav Chernysh

The goal of this tip is to share knowledge and experience on ActiveX usage in .NET applications (back-end & front-end).

VBA Composite Control Object Model

25 Feb 2011 by Joel C Graff

A method for managing complex, event-driven interactions between controls

How to retrieve dynamic fonts from the system

3 Mar 2011 by pras3njit

I am trying to state my problem very clearly.I want to retrieve a set of fonts. They are not found in the System's default font directory, and also their path is not written or set in the registry. But still they are displayed in the font dialog box of any editor. Actually, in order to view...

Create WPF Application that uses Reloadable Plugins...

13 Mar 2011 by VENKATHEGDE

Hello Everybody,I have an interesting problem at hand.I have a need to create a WPF Application which will host several UserControls. (The application does just that - serves as a container with docking abilities for UserControls)The application will also host the data model for the...

Create WPF Application that uses Reloadable Plugins...

13 Mar 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Answering follow-up Questions:Question 1Consider the following sample://plugin-code of the implemented plug-in interface:Control[] IControlPlugin.AddControls(DockPanel parent) { Button leftRect = new Button(); leftRect.Content = "_Left"; DockPanel.SetDock(leftRect,...

How a web app can talk to client hardware?

18 Apr 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

First thing you need to know: DLL's have no sessions. You should better talk about Assemblies and class libraries, as "DLL" in .NET is just "extension", a part of file name, no more; it can be anything, you can even use .EXE file as a library: reference it, load it, etc.The scope and life...

How to simulate in C#, a VB6 Activex EXE Standalone application which exposes a com visible object .

26 Oct 2011 by Abhinav S

First, the term "static object" is a misnomer. A static class cannot be instantiated in .Net.You can expose a static method or class in .Net.Instead of CreateObject you can use the new keyword and that will create an instance of a class for you.In case you don't want to do all this,...

Error While running activex from javascript

15 Jul 2012 by AshishChaudha

I had tried this..Open IE >> Tools >> Internet Options >> Security >> Custom Level >>(Enable) Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting You Javascript for ActiveX will surely run.ThanksAshishMark it solution if this is your answer..

How to make use of OCR technology through a web browser

16 Aug 2012 by Dynamsoft

In this article, I’ll show you how to convert scanned images to searchable text and PDF files through a web browser.

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ActiveX not working on client machine

26 Dec 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Why using ActiveX at all? For a Web application, this is pure evil. ActiveX is proprietary and aging technology which will never be available on all client systems. Moreover, using ActiveX is considered unsafe, for good reasons, so really knowledgeable users will deny using your application as...

What are possible ways to override User Access Control (UAC) while registering an ActiveX Control ?

23 Jul 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

In addition to discussion in comments to Solution 1:You user is always free to lower down UAC protection. For example, on Windows 7:Control Panel -> Small Icons (All Control Panel Items) -> Action Center -> Change User Account Control Settings.If your customer lowers the slider down to...

Using a ActiveX component in vb.net

20 Oct 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Please see:https://github.com/ZeBobo5/Vlc.DotNet[^]or https://libvlcnet.codeplex.com[^].See also this CodeProject article: nVLC[^].—SA

Media player full screen gives E_UNEXPECTED

19 Jan 2016 by Jochen Arndt

It seems that the full screen mode requires that the video is actually played. When your code tries to switch to full screen mode, the media player has probably not finished his startup. So you have to wait until the state has changed. This can be done using the IWMPEvents::PlayStateChange...

How to persist activex mfc control into powerpoint 365 (pptx file extension) ?

21 Sep 2018 by Maciej Los

I'm not sure i understand you well, but... A presentation of PowerPoint application 2007 (and higher) is in OpenXml format[^]. This means that you can open it (and view) using, for example, 7-zip. For further details, please see: Structure of a PresentationML document (Open XML SDK) |...

MFC Microsoft Office Chart 11.0 Object

8 Mar 2010 by seyda seyid

Hello ,I must add the Active X element to my Dialog ,I want to use Microsoft Office Chart 11.0 Object. But I dont know How can I use it in my MFC Project.Can somebody please help me?thanks

Use of ActiveX in Google Chrome browser

11 Jun 2010 by Richard MacCutchan

Probably much the same as in your original question[^].

Failed to register ActiveX Control

16 Aug 2010 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

Try to empty the function DllRegisterServer(..) and then add line to line (slowly) to find the "catch".You could also use the ::MessageBox(..) function after each line thereto "control" the execution :)

Interface Error: Dual Interface Update: Not a member

20 Dec 2010 by Rajesh G Manwani from Mumbai

I updated an interface of an ActiveX control with two methods. I compiled the .idl file and generated the ocx. The interface had 89 methods. I got the following warning which I ignored:warning MIDL2362: too many methods in the interface, requires Windows NT 4.0 SP3 or greaterI am compiling...

Flash lite 3.1 activeX control

21 Dec 2010 by TalentMouse

When I call the "flash lite 3.1 activeX control" in my program(Microsoft WTL c++), I encountered some problems. I completed in accordance with the practice on windows xp, but in WINCE platform it could not work. If someone knows something about this then please give some recommendations....

Active X Email Add In Load Behaviour Keeps Setting to 2

30 Jan 2011 by AndyASPVB

HiI have an Active X that is fired from either a button or a hyperlink in a web application that launches Outlook 2003. Unfortunately, the load behaviour is always being set to 2 by Outlook when I monitor this in Process Monitor.I have installed VS Office Tools 2005, during set up or...

VB6 ActiveX DLL Registered On build, Don't want it to.

3 Mar 2011 by ARopo

We have a product that is partly written in VB6. It is built up ofmany dlls that are activeX dlls. I'm trying to reduce our dependence onregistered COM objects. Since all the components are used inprocessthere is no need for items to be registered and during run-time, usingreg free com I...

VB6 ActiveX DLL Registered On build, Don't want it to.

3 Mar 2011 by Dave Kreskowiak

There is no way to prevent this. VB6 will register the controls on every time they are built. You cannot stop it from doing so.

new ActiveXObject Issue please help

5 Mar 2011 by imaa2amha

Dear Experts ,Please I Created AX Component with C# and Compiled and it was ready to use i test it and thing was doing great i formate my laptop and then bomb not working . i do this thing after formate :1- Compiling command csc /t:library AXComponent.cs /r:System.Drawing.dll...

How a web app can talk to client hardware?

19 Apr 2011 by BobJanova

Not the recommended solution! ;)But seriously, I don't think it is. You can't communicate with hardware on the client machine without them installing an ActiveX and permitting you to run it when they visit your website, so why not have them install a WinForms (or WPF) desktop app to manage...

using active x control in asp.net

28 May 2011 by thatraja

This KB will help youHow to host ActiveX controls in a Web form[^]

how to get Printer Status in web application using asp.net c#

5 Jun 2011 by Ramalinga Koushik

Hope this[^] might help you.

VB6 ActiveX DLL Registered On build, Don't want it to.

1 Aug 2011 by RoboJ1M

Write a batch file to do your building, including unregistering the DLL afterwards, we use:subst Z: .vb6 /make %ProjectFile% /out "%LogSuccess%\%PROJECTNAME%_Log.txt" /outdir Z:\binIF ERRORLEVEL 1 MOVE "%LogSuccess%\%PROJECTNAME%_Log.txt" "%LogFail%"regsvr32 /u...

donet activeX control

4 Aug 2011 by bherbert

Okay i finally figured out the problem !I just needed to generate a .TLB file for the DLLFoxPro 9.0 like all legacy platforms enforces to use that file for COM server description

If activeX can work on WPF why not in silverlight.

18 Oct 2011 by Venkatesh Mookkan

WPF is basic a Window based application and it required Framework 3.5 or greater to run on a machine. Whereas Silverlight uses just Runtime Libraries to run on a browser or Sandbox and also it does not have the WindowsHost control or something to host the ActiveX

How to simulate in C#, a VB6 Activex EXE Standalone application which exposes a com visible object .

26 Oct 2011 by Nish Nishant

The closest equivalent would be a Windows service that exposes a WCF service (or remoting) interface. That said you could use COM interop to consume your VB6 ActiveX exe directly if you so prefer.

How to write an updatable ActiveX control for web page in VB6

19 Dec 2011 by coded007

On the down in discussions bobnob quoted like this Hi! On the client side, this only works with user accounts that have administrative permissions for the local machine, e.g. are in the "Administrators" or "Power Users" Group. I think that's because installing the contents of the CAB...

MFC : Access Denied to create folder in windows7

3 Jan 2012 by Cpp_Com

Dear All,I've created an MFC ActiveX control to use in web based application. In that ActiveX control, there is a method to create a folder in a selected drive e.g. (C:\MyFolder\Folder1). This ActiveX(.ocx) is working fine if i try to create the folder from HTML page (which is in local PC )...

MFC : Access Denied to create folder in windows7

2 Jan 2012 by CPallini

On Windows 7 such an operation is not allowed to standard user code. You have to run your application 'as administrator' or programmatically elevate the application level of execution (there are articles here at CodeProject about it, see, for instance: "Riding the Vista UAC elevator, up and...

Problem showing JavaScript alert on page bearing ActiveX control

9 Jan 2012 by Jamal Seyedi

I think you should put the ActiveX control to an element and then hide the element.then show the alert.

can i make a wpf application for activex

30 Jan 2012 by striving_zhou

as winform application can make into activex, so it can use in webform, can i make wpf application into activex if i donot want to tranlate it into silverlight application, i tried, but it cannot do as winform, can anybody gave some help?more info:with winform, i create a usercontrol ...

Active x control is not working in client machine

4 Jun 2012 by E.F. Nijboer

An activex is a browser add-on that (in almost all cases) isn't installed by default. It needs to be available and installed on the client machine. A client needs to confirm that it trusts the activex control before installing it (and warned repeatedly) because an unsafe activex control could...

Word viewer in asp web application

6 Jun 2012 by taha bahraminezhad Jooneghani

this app show docx file as htmlhttp://openxmlviewer.codeplex.com/[^]And Maybe interest this API:Generate Word documents DOC, DOCX in ASP.NET, VB.NET, C# with Bytescout Document SDK[^]this one is good too and have an online demo but i couldn't find any source to...

Error While running activex from javascript

15 Jul 2012 by Suvabrata Roy

Hi, This error happen because your code is try to perform some risky task, so browser blocking you.So you can try this Open IE > Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level > (Enable Active X )

OCX can't use in the IE 9

12 Aug 2012 by barneyman

IE9 is touch more pedantic than the previous versions as regards security for AX objectsThe 3 problems to solve are1. Allowing code to be downloaded2. Allowing code to be loaded3. Allowing script to be runYou can turn these checks off in Options/Security, but i'd suggest you're...

ActiveX Control Method with hWnd Parameter

13 Aug 2012 by manoranjan

You need to use OLE_HANDLE.You have to typecast HWND to OLE_HANDLE (and vice versa). Check the following link for a sample:http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/how-do-you-cast-an-hwnd-an-ole-handle-help-9254962.html[^]

Getting output from ActiveX crashing the website..

22 Aug 2012 by Sandip.Nascar

What kind of error you are getting?It seems, you might be getting validation request error.If yes, you need to set validationRequest=falseIf you are getting session timeout error, then the picture is different.If you are getting different error, please specify the error...

How to disbale active scripting in .NET Webbrowser?

26 Aug 2012 by Mehdi Gholam

Check this thread : http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winforms/thread/c7c9a6f9-9875-4d8b-8c87-81f2c423fa6a[^]

WebBrowserControl

Error 459 This component doesn't support this set of events (Error 459)

21 Sep 2012 by Sandeep Mewara

Here is the reason of why such error happens:This component doesn't support this set of events (Error 459)[^]It says:- You tried to use a WithEvents variable with a component that can't work as an event source for the specified set of events. For example, you may be sinking events of an...

How to embed an activeX to Atl Composite Control?

19 Dec 2012 by armagedescu

It is easy.//ATL ActiveX wnd for the nested control, best place is as a class memberCAxWindow wndAnimationWnd; //best in OnCreate:wndAnimationWnd.Create(hWndOfYourControl, //hwnd of outer control &rect_ForEmbededAnimation, //client coordinates inside the outer control ...

Unloading an OCX from memory

3 Dec 2012 by Pablo Aliskevicius

::CoFreeUnusedLibraries();Ma...

ActiveX Inception Drawing Issue

9 Apr 2013 by The_Inventor

Presuming you have a:CDC* m_pchrtMyChart;in your code then all you should have to do is:m_pchrtMyChart = mschrt20obj.m_pchrtObj or something to that extent. Often there is a HANDLE involved in order to transfer information about the object. It is a lot like using Bitmaps.

Exploring ActiveX Control (.ocx) from available binaries

9 Apr 2013 by Member 8772143

Hi,I have a device controlled by a controller with a software interface. I do not have any documentation regarding SDK available but a manual for software. This software has .dll files and .ocx files available in it's Binaries folder. I want to develop a custom application in C# to...

ActiveX Inception Drawing Issue

11 Apr 2013 by Pedro Lacerda

Thank you for your time The_Inventor!I've got the problem solved by adding the chart in a IDD_DIALOG and attaching it to the ActiveX. But the ActiveX must be enabled for control container,and the dialog must have a bunch of flags setted.More InfoCheers!

Register a Active X component in vb.net

17 Sep 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Please see my comment to the question addressed against using Direct X and COM with .NET. You don't have to use it to use VLC. For example, please see this CodeProject article:LiquidVideo, Play Video Anywhere with VLC C# .NET VideoLan[^].[EDIT]This is the updated useful information on...

How to add a function to an ATL DLL with function pointer as parameter

18 Apr 2013 by skydger

It depends on architecture of your application.Any COM method accepts only "known" parameters in its methods which are primitive datatypes, VARIANT-based or user defined interfaces. So if you want to invoke some method in its implementation it must be defined in some other interface. And your...

Add a activex reference to System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerParameters

22 Apr 2013 by Prasad Khandekar

Hello,BadImageFormatExcept...

displaying ms office files(doc,docx,xls,xlsx,ppt,pptx) in browser (IE)

13 May 2013 by Vani Kulkarni

You can use online viewers to serve your purpose:Check these links:http://forums.asp.net/t/1749800.aspx/1[^]http://forums.asp.net/t/1757452.aspx/1[^]http://googlesystem.blogspot.in/2009/09/embeddable-google-document-viewer.html[^]Code that might help...

Debugging C# COM assembly in VS2010

26 Jul 2013 by 2006 Flauzer

I'm developing a C# assembly which is to be called via COM from an old vb6 (ie, "native" win32, not .net) application. I've installed VS2010 Premium in a W7 x64 and simply my goal is to use Visual Studio to debug the C# code...Other hint: the C# assembly is compiled in "x86 mode" (.NET4)...

error C2146 and do not know why

11 Dec 2013 by H.Brydon

Several thoughts:- You have '#include ', which is almost certainly an error. This include should be in .cpp files only. This may or may not be the source of the error.- You may have a duplicate definition of the class. Go to the .cpp file where the error occurs, right click the...

How to embed MsRdpWebAccess.MsRdpClientShell active-x control in my own web page

12 Feb 2014 by hari111r

Hi,I would like to embed the (MsRdpWebAccess.MsRdpClientShell) active-x control from Remote desktop Web access (win 2008 r2) in my own web page?orIs there any way to use rdp file in web application

Is there a way for a Program ran on a Client system to See events that happen inside the Host Remote Desktop Window?

15 Apr 2014 by James_Finch

Why not create a server / client program set? It's not too difficult to create a server client relationship using TCP or some other protocol other than RDP. The 'client' can monitor pretty much any activity on the host machine (as well as control it) and report back to the 'server'.

Is there a way for a Program ran on a Client system to See events that happen inside the Host Remote Desktop Window?

15 Apr 2014 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

AsmoconX wrote:This is a test environment and information is not meant to be added or modified on the remote systems (for validation and testing requirements). The test-process requires us to login to the system using a Remote Desktop Connection and perform a set of tests within that Remote...

WindowBeforeRightClick does'nt work

29 Jun 2014 by _Sahar

I am using the Microsoft Ax Framer Control to view the word document in the Visual C# Form. After Hosting(Open) the Word Document in the Ax Framer Control. While Right Click on the Word Document, Ms word Context Menu is Appearing. I Want to Hide this Pop up Menu. I...

How to create ATL ActiveX component like ImageList(C#)?

28 Aug 2014 by KarstenK

If you use Nelek receipt you already have found the solution. ElseHere is a nice tutorial right for you: Create ActiveX in .NET Step by Step.This one looks like for newbies: How to develop and deploy ActiveX control in C#

Reusable User Interface elements in Visual Studio

17 Dec 2014 by Aescleal

My choice would be a DLL that exports a simple C interface - essentially something to initialise the library and register all the window classes. Whether you use another library (e.g. MFC) to implement your controls doesn't then matter for the client of your code.The reasoning behind that is...

Disable Right click context menu in ActiveX pdf controll

15 Mar 2015 by manchanx

I suggest you reconsider either your approach or your mindset. Trying to disallow the user to utilize something he can see on his screen is doomed to fail. Haven't you too already circumvented some website mechanics trying to hinder you from saving an image? Even if you somehow succeed in...

can you provide me a demo project of activex controls in vb.net

28 May 2015 by Maciej Los

No! It's your job. You have to take up at least minimum effort. When you get stuck come back here and ask detailed question!

Where Should I Begin For Mfc Activex Control

22 Sep 2015 by CPallini

Using the MFC ActiveX Control Wizard (see Creating an MFC ActiveX Control[^]) such task is pretty straightforward.

A NTGraph problem,is there a bug?

2 Feb 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

"CodeProject" did not write the control. The person who wrote the article you got the control from wrote the control.There is a forum at the bottom of the article your got it from. Post your question there and the author should support the code he wrote.

How to override eventhander

17 Jun 2016 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Event handler is just the method. It becomes a handler when you add it to the invocation list of some event instance.Therefore, the concept of "overriding" is not different from overriding of any other method. The method should be virtual and the derived class need to have sufficient access...

Access C# object in javascript

31 Aug 2016 by Richard Deeming

ActiveX controls will only work in Internet Explorer on Windows, and only if the user allows your site to download the control, and to script ActiveX controls not marked as "safe for scripting".(Your control is NOT marked as "safe for scripting", is it? Because it's not - it allows a website...

Video record user screen on clicking a button in ASP.NET webform

28 Jun 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

Yeah, think about what you're trying to do for just one second. If this was possible, how many web sites (ethical or otherwise) would be scrambling to use this? A LOT of them! The security implications of this are staggering. Also, think about the number of users using the site and the...

Does somebody have an idea about the interface id bellow ?

8 Oct 2018 by Richard MacCutchan

Talk to the person who sent you the file.

How to install activex for cab files without IE

20 Dec 2018 by #realJSOP

Nobody uses ActiveX (aka ActiveExcrement) if they can possibly avoid it. It's insecure. Find another way.

I want to use auto C to coding in C with form designer like in VB - problem with activex control pad installation

2 Mar 2019 by Dave Kreskowiak

Why on earth would you want to use it? ActiveX Control Pad is 20 years old. ActiveX isn't supported by any of today's browsers because it was insecure as hell, and even when it was supported, only Internet Explorer and older versions of Firefox supported it. Trying to use it today is a...

Opening .exe file from chrome browser.

5 Apr 2019 by Patrice T

Quote: How do I open .exe from Client's Machine in chrome Browser.Earlier this was done using ActiveX Object but as Chrome does not support ActiveX object. Short answer: Basically, ActiveX is not supported in any recent browser because of this possibility which is a major security threat....

Opening .exe file from chrome browser.

5 Apr 2019 by OriginalGriff

You pretty much can't - ActiveX was only ever available in IE, and even there it was disabled by default pretty damn quickly as it is a massive security hole. You will notice that even Microsoft didn't leave it in Edge when they released that! Think about it: if you could do it, so could the...

Cross-browser alternative needed for activexobject javascript

17 Apr 2019 by #realJSOP

DO NOT USE ACTIVEX. (Commonly referred to as "Active-Xcrement") Only Microsoft browsers support it, and anyone with have a brain avoids using it because it's insecure. There are too many examples of writing ADO code for an Asp.Net web site to have to use ActiveX.

Cross-browser alternative needed for activexobject javascript

17 Apr 2019 by Dave Kreskowiak

You don't have an alternative. Accessing data from somewhere on the client machine is not going to work anywhere. It's a security risk (and why nobody supports ActiveX any more!) and is not allowed by any browser. All record handling should be done by the server, not the client. The client is...

Cross-browser alternative needed for activexobject javascript

17 Apr 2019 by Patrice T

Quote: Cross-browser alternative needed for activexobject javascript There is none, Activex have only been supported by MSIE. Activex is a major security risk. You need to rethink moving ActiveX functionality to server side. Only this is cross-platform.

Configuration in .rc file

26 Sep 2019 by CPallini

A quick and dirty search result: TIP: Adding a typelibrary as a resource to a project[^].

Activex control is not working on edge and chrome browser created in VB.NET project

31 May 2021 by Dave Kreskowiak

ActiveX isn't supported in any modern browsers today because they are considered security risks.

Activex control is not working on edge and chrome browser created in VB.NET project

31 May 2021 by Patrice T

Quote: Activex control is not working on edge and chrome browser created in VB.NET project Activex have never work on browsers other than EI and will never. You can consider Activex as a dead technology. As MS start to uninstall EI in latest...

Conversion from WTL window application to ActiveX control

29 Dec 2009 by RxQVW

Is it possible to convert WTL window applicationto ActiveX control that can be embedded in IE browser ?

ActiveX is blinking

4 Jan 2010 by Christian Graus

wrote:I know than I have to using WaitFor VerticalBlink() and Flip() functions.Do you ? If you're owner drawing, I'd just expect that you need to double buffer. Hard to know, you don't say what language you're using, where you use your control, or what it does.

ActiveX deployment with a CAB file

5 Jan 2010 by Lagarino

Hi!I have created an activeX and a MSI file to install it, and it works perfectly in Internet Explorer 8 if I install it manually.I have also created a CAB file with an INF like this:[version] signature="$CHICAGO$" AdvancedINF=2.0[Setup...

read and write to ActiveX control in Web Browser

5 Jan 2010 by DexterMacrame

I need to read and write to an ActiveX control located in a broswer that accesses a mainframe. It is a simple command line interface (strictly text), and I believe it might be based on a citrix interface. I would like to be able to send a command and read via code the result. Can anyone give...

read and write to ActiveX control in Web Browser

6 Jan 2010 by MidwestLimey

Does the ActiveX control already exist, if so is a description of the API available for it? If not you can import it into a win or console app to at least get intellisence.Otherwise the object tag is just any other part of the DOM. You can get access to it via it's id like any other element....

ActiveX deployment with a CAB file

18 Jan 2010 by Mr. Su

I had done the same thing few years back with little success.You can do run the setup from the active X itself.From the source code of Active X, run the MSI installation.Else you can do one thing, run the MSI after active X is loaded.Put the installer srcipt in the later section of the...

ActiveX deployment with a CAB file

18 Jan 2010 by Lagarino

Sure, but what I am trying to do is to install the ActiveX, so I cannot run the MSI suppossed to install the ActiveX from the ActiveX itself if it is not installed.

Conversion from WTL window application to ActiveX control

2 Feb 2010 by KingsGambit

I think you can create a new ATL Control project and use any reusable code from the existing WTL Application project.