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ActiveX

"Invalid number of parameters" error when pdispatch->invoke() in usring active X COM

7 Apr 2023 by Zouaoui Billel

Hello All; I am working on C++/MFC project where I need to use access control device SDK acualy I registred SKD DLL (using regsvr32.exe) to create a controller, after that I Open my MFC project and I added activex controller from the wizard, ...

"Invalid number of parameters" error when I try to consume active X control in C++

16 Mar 2023 by Zouaoui Billel

Hello All; I am working on C++/MFC project where I need to consume an active x control, so I create a control like CZKEM1 m_zktecoCtrl; but when I try to invoke it Like bool bConnect = false; bConnect =...

"Invalid number of parameters" error when I try to consume active X control in C++

16 Mar 2023 by CPallini

Someone here would (correctly) write: "This is not a good question [...]". As Richard pointed out, at least one argument is expected. You should post here, at least, the Read method prototype in order to get meaningful help. [update] Your...

"Invalid number of parameters" error when I try to consume active X control in C++

16 Mar 2023 by Richard MacCutchan

As far as I can see your code should not compile, because of: static BYTE parms[] = VTS_BSTR VTS_I4; The elements of an array should be separated by commas, thus: static BYTE parms[] = { VTS_BSTR, VTS_I4 }; ...

[Re-post, totally ignoring past answer] ActiveXObject (COM) created in C#, needed to be in VB.NET Application.

13 Nov 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You can do it. And it makes no sense, whatsoever.How else can I explain that it does not make any sense. Wasn't my answer clear? Please see: Activex Object created in C#, to be placed in VB.net application.[^].—SA

A NTGraph problem,is there a bug?

1 Feb 2016 by Member 11978923

When I use logarithmic coordinates in NTGraph,coordinate axes and grid are wrong.How to fix it?Thank you!(No code,just setting)

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.

A VB.NET application to fix Visual Basic 6 OCX security issues

2 Nov 2011 by gndzero

A threaded application to identify if system VB6 OCX files are exploitable and generate a batch file to register updated OCX controls.

A WPF Application question:

20 Dec 2010 by SuperMiQi

Hello all,I am actually looking the main advantages between WPF and WinForm application style.I have already implemented an MDI WinForm application and I would like if such MDI application can also be implemented in WPF style.Here are my current investigations:1. Windows Forms...

Access 2010 Active X interopControl There is no control in this object error

23 Aug 2012 by Belial09

Hi,I have developed an VB.NET InteropUserControl which works properly on my pc.The InteropUserControl is used in a form in an Access 2010 MDA File. If i deploy it as an MDE File to another pc, the Form won’t open with the errormessage "There is no control in this object". The Control...

Access activex component on the client with ASP.NET

22 Jan 2018 by MikeTheFid

I am researching a situation where we need to access client-side ActiveX components to capture fingerprints (using equipment attached to the client machine) from an ASP.NET web application. The ActiveX components are installed on the client and properly registered. In other words, these...

Access C# object in javascript

31 Aug 2016 by Pratik 10834354

Hi all,I have created ActiveX Control that will convert file into bytes array.I am consuming that activeX in my web application using javascript.In IE8 I am able to get byte array for the file but above IE8 it's giving undefined while returning.I am posting my javascript code...

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...

Accessing a client machine printer from a Web app using ActiveX object

22 May 2012 by pufo

I need to Access a printer which is connected to the client computer from my web application. Technology :MVC3, language: C#.And we did that using an activeX object. Unfortunately it is not working with google chrome browser. But is working fine with IE versions.Do any one know why this...

Accessing a client machine printer from a Web app using ActiveX object

23 May 2012 by Pablo Aliskevicius

ActiveX, like VBScript, is a Microsoft-only technology. It won't work on Chrome, or Firefox, or Safari on Windows: it won't work on any browser in iOS, Mac OS-X, Linux, Unix, Android, ...I'd suggest you open Chrome in any web page, press Ctrl-P (you'll see the print preview page), and start...

Accessing client system barcode reader value into webpage

18 Dec 2013 by vasumagadi

Hi,we have a client requirement that our asp.net web application should be able to read the client system's barcode reader (serial port reader and not USB) and the value should be automatically populated on to the webpage.To achieve the above task, i have created a ActiveX control which...

AcroPDFlib.dll and 64bit

24 Aug 2011 by JasonSelf

I have an application that I am converting to work in a 64bit environment, this application was initially written to be 32bit. Unfortunately, AcroPDFlib seems to be throwing a 'Class Not Registered (0X80040154)' Error at me.This is a dll add-in to 64bit AutoCAD so my app must continue to be...

AcroPDFlib.dll and 64bit

24 Aug 2011 by fjdiewornncalwe

According to this forum post, this is caused when a 32 bit version of the AcroPDFlib is used. As of the writing of that entry (which was quite a while ago) there wasn't a 64bit version available.http://forums.adobe.com/message/2391380[^]This one too:...

AcroPDFlib.dll and 64bit

24 Aug 2011 by koolprasad2003

build/compile your code with target platform 'X86' and then try.

actionscript code for "BEST" quality playback for swf - no effect

8 Jan 2011 by infamousbreed

my videobox opens on pageload and plays a swf just fine but the quality is not great, i can get this script to work [as is] but i tried to modify it to just do it automatically with no buttons: heres my index page

actionscript code for "BEST" quality playback for swf - no effect

9 Jan 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Have you tried usinghttp://code.google.com/p/swfobject/[^]Here is the doc on flash paramshttp://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html[^]vmode could be the solution to your problem you can set it to one of the following: window: movie plays in its own rectangular window on a web...

actionscript code for "BEST" quality playback for swf - no effect

5 Feb 2012 by infamousbreed

this tut helped me fix http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/videoencoderwizard/ now it plays perfect.

Active reports chart with multiple series, duplicate x axis labels

27 Jun 2016 by Member 11776147

I am trying to generate a .net ActiveReport chart with 3 different seriesSeries1 type = line, series2 type = line and series3 type = bar. Datatable has been used to pull data from database and then each column data is converted into list collection so as to use DataBindXY() method. Problem, I...

active x control in c#

12 Dec 2010 by yummy02

Hi! Please help me and guide me in creating active x control using c# windows form. Thanks in advance, God Bless! :)

active x control in c#

12 Dec 2010 by Dave Kreskowiak

C# cannot target building a real ActiveX control. You can build a COM-exposed component that works like an ActiveX control though. There are a ton of examples all over the web if you just Googled for "C# ActiveX control tutorial".

Active x control is not working in client machine

4 Jun 2012 by Justin Diraviam

Hi Experts My application is in server which has activex control. In server active x control is working fine. Active x control is not working when i access same application in client machine. My application is in server and there are 4 or 5 machines are using the same application. In...

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...

Active X Controls sample

31 May 2015 by imran.prdc

sample for ActiveX controls for sub-class the RichEdit control to get the text color.

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...

ActiveX controls in WPF

19 Aug 2010 by ragusandu

Hi,I am unable to activate active x controls(.ocx) in WPF which are required for my project.I have installed successfully installed into registries which are working fine in Windows forms application.I have tried by combining WPf and Windows form, but i'm unable to show that control in the...

ActiveX controls in WPF

19 Aug 2010 by #realJSOP

You need to use Winforms integration to make that work. Here's a link that might help.http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mhendersblog/archive/2005/09/23/473065.aspx[^]If that doesn't help enough, google this phrase:"activex control in wpf"

ActiveX controls in WPF

19 Aug 2010 by ragusandu

hi,Thanks for the help.... but it didn't work for me.... i just wanted to add an custom active x control in wpf which i can render it properly in Winforms..The solution i got by googling out is that i can host active x controls in wpf through windows form host.. but it is also not...

ActiveX (OCX) problem

5 May 2013 by flush0713

Hi,I have a question of OCX.I got the OCX/Demo sources which are coded by VC++6.After I upgrade these codes to VS2008 and rebuild all of them,there are no errors!But when I open the main dialog of the demo program and double click the OCX object on the dialog,the visual studio 2008...

ActiveX access denied in asp.net

12 Dec 2012 by Zubair Alie

I have written an ActiveX component to get list of .Net frameworks installed on client's Machine. When i use to test it with simple HTML page, it goes fine but when i run it in ASP.Net project then it says "Access is denied" while creating its object in javascript. here is the javascript...

ActiveX can lose events? Java to Socket is much more reliable?

25 Jun 2013 by crunchor

My question is based on the detail from here:http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/?f=%2Fen%2Fsoftware%2Fibapi.php[^]So using Java to Socket is a much better choice?

ActiveX can lose events? Java to Socket is much more reliable?

25 Jun 2013 by Ron Beyer

This is a misconception about how Excel's ActiveX interacts with the VBA. See this[^] for a detailed explanation about that specific software and "losing" events.As far as Java->Sockets, that's a matter of opinion and really lacks context in the web page you are referencing. From that...

ActiveX can lose events? Java to Socket is much more reliable?

25 Jun 2013 by Jason Gleim

Their claim is probably based on poor code design then some inherent flaw in ActiveX. It did jump out to me that they called it "VB to ActiveX". If you are calling their API from vb via an ActiveX object then yes... I could see where events might get lost in a rapid-fire situation. But that type...

activex component can't create object

14 Jun 2012 by pavangupta045

I have created an application in vb.net using com class ,so that i can use that dll in vb6 application _Public Class ComClass1#Region "COM GUIDs" ' These GUIDs provide the COM identity for this class '...

activex component can't create object

15 Jun 2012 by Bernhard Hiller

You have to deploy that dll also on the other system, and that means that you also have to register (regsrv32) it.

activex component can't create object

15 Jun 2012 by pavangupta045

Thanks Bernhard HillerBut can you let me know how to use the dll in other different system without registering the DLL .Thanks in advancePavan R

activex component can't create object

16 Jun 2012 by pavangupta045

Could you help me how to register a .net DLL using regasm through code in vb6Thanks in advance..

activex container for silvelight

18 Feb 2011 by C party

Hi..I want to create an ActiveX control that contain Silverlight (.xap), Is this possible/sensible and does anyone have an sample code for this?so, that after converting that ActiveX (.ocx) into .cab file , silverlight (.xap) can be installed via web browser.

activex container for silvelight

18 Feb 2011 by Sandeep Mewara

What's the point of having ActiveX and Silverlight together? If you know, how Silverlight works and XAP gets downloaded, you can understand in a way they are similar but Silverlight is far more better as it is cross-browser (whereas ActiveX are not)Having a silverlight page will...

activex container for silvelight

18 Feb 2011 by #realJSOP

I'm with Sandeep on this. It's pointless, which means it's not sensible. Silverlight is a web technology and is hosted by a web site. You don't "install" xap files on a desktop.

ActiveX control - Extending the CListCtrl control

24 May 2011 by GgAben

Hi,I want to export an inherited class from CListCtrl (C++ MFC class) as ActiveX control. Is it possible? I read so many articles related to ActiveX but nothing useful for the same.Please help

ActiveX control - Extending the CListCtrl control

24 May 2011 by barneyman

it's certainly possible, take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e73ffa52(v=vs.80).aspx[^]You'd need to bolt your listctrl into a COleControl and use a COleControlModule instead of a CWinApp

ActiveX control bound rectangle is not changing

22 May 2011 by hrehanverma

I am writing an ActiveX control using MFC. I am not able to change the bound rectangle for my control and hence not able to increase the size of the control during runtime. Also moving of control in container is not happening correctly as the control bound rectangle area is not...

ActiveX Control Container

3 Nov 2010 by haiyangwang

Hello,I want to create Applications like ActiveX Test Container in VC, but it is too complex, so I want to create it by own. Who knows how to do this? Please give me some advice and information.Thanks.

ActiveX Control Container

4 Nov 2010 by Nish Nishant

One fairly easy way to test an ActiveX control is via VBScript. Of course there's no UI there. If you want to test it out from a UI, one hack is to install a copy of Classic VB (VB 6 or earlier). Classic VB IDE is extremely useful as an Active X testing application. If you don't have Classic VB,...

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

31 May 2021 by Member 15224382

In my VB.Net project the ActiveX objects are created in .js as shown below and it works well on IE but not on Edge Chromium and Chrome browser. function createActiveXObj(){ if(!fs) fs = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); ...

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...

ActiveX Control Method with hWnd Parameter

13 Aug 2012 by time-killer-games

I am writing an activeX control in Visual C++ 6.0I would like to have an hWnd parameter in one of my methods, so that I can set the parent of a window from a seperate process, so it'll be a child window of the dialog the activeX (*.ocx) is embedded in.I've tried making a method like this for...

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[^]

ActiveX Control Persistence with VB.NET

9 Dec 2014 by VAlain

I want to make an ActiveX Control for Word, Excel and Access 2010 with VB 2012 so I started from the sample VB ActiveX Control from MSDN: VB ActiveX Control (VBActiveX). The control work as expected except for properties persistence which only works in Excel, for Word and Access the properties...

ActiveX Control Persistence with VB.NET

6 Dec 2014 by Maciej Los

There is ready-to-use: PropertyBag class[^]. Follow the link and create custom dll to use it with MS Office applications. Here is a set of articles about exposing COM interfaces:Exposing .NET Components to COM[^]Exposing COM interfaces of a .NET class library for Late...

ActiveX Control Problem

14 Nov 2011 by fareedulhassan

Dear All,Please, provide a solution about ActiveX control. I have registered it in system. I am running web page as html (Local) it is working fine but when this is accessing through internet (server) this html file it is not running how ever prompt message add activex blocked (and...

ActiveX Control Problem

13 Nov 2011 by koolprasad2003

have you checked browser setting. InternetExplorer --> Tools --> InternetOntions --> Security --> Custom Level under ActiveX controls and Plug-ins, enable ActiveX control settingenable following1. Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting2. download...

ActiveX control written in c# using in MFC-Dialog

14 Sep 2011 by Michael Schegg

helloI have written an ActiveX control in C#. See code below:namespace ActiveXCSharp{ [ComVisible(true)] [ProgId("ActiveXCSharp.ButtonAx2")] [ComSourceInterfaces(typeof(IButtonAx2))] [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)] public class ButtonAx2 : Button,...

ActiveX control written in c# using in MFC-Dialog

16 Sep 2011 by Michael Schegg

I found a solution.Maybe someone else is interested. I use .NET Framwork 2.0, and in this the method with the attribute ComRegisterFunctionmust have the signature void methodName(Type). In later frameworks the signature void methodName(String) is also allowed.

ActiveX Control's tool tip is not displayed when in a WindowsFormsHost

24 Oct 2012 by cmbay

We have a complex legacy ActiveX graph control that uses tooltips to display information when the cursor hovers over various areas of the graph. All of this works well when the control is hosted in MFC. We are now using WindowsFormsHost in WPF to display the graph and this is working well. All...

ActiveX controls in MFC Doc/View model

12 May 2011 by anacba

I have a sample code that uses an ActiveX control on a MFC Dialog based application for WinCE. This sample application have a class that has calls to InvokeHelper in all functions. In the Dialog function DoDataExchange, the function DDX_Control is called where the wrapper is passed as...

ActiveX creationg isse

28 Jan 2015 by PCuong1983

i got following example// MyWnd.hclass CMyWnd : public CWnd{ DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CMyWnd)public: CMyWnd(); virtual ~CMyWnd(); void Create(); void CreateChildren(); BOOL DestroyChildren();protected: ...

ActiveX datagrid control in VS2010

25 Dec 2013 by joyjhonson

Hello Guys,I have a question on ActiveX datagrid control.Question: Does VS2010 support ActiveX datagrid control.In fact, I had a project coded into VB long back,that was using ActiveX datagrid control along with many other controls.Recently, I converted into VB project to VB.net....

ActiveX datagrid control in VS2010

25 Dec 2013 by thatraja

Quote:Now, I am not sure if VS2010 would support this control. Should I delete it from form and add datagrid of VS2010???Unlikely. Better get rid of that & go with DataGridView[^] control, it'll save your hair & time. Here a simple CRUD operation using DataGridViewC# DataGridView Database...

ActiveX datagrid control in VS2010

26 Dec 2013 by joyjhonson

Hello Everyone,I am trying to use ActiveX datagrid control in VS2010 becuase of some specific reason.I am facing troubles while binding dataset to ActineX datgrid.Below is the code that i have written.Dim connection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection() ...

ActiveX datagrid control in VS2010

27 Dec 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak

You can't use the .NET DataSet/DataTable classes with the old grid you're trying to use. That grid has no idea what a .NET class is and, so, can't use it.Replace the grid with a DataGridView and you can bind that to the data instead.If you really want to give yourself a large headache,...

ActiveX datagrid in VS2010

26 Dec 2013 by joyjhonson

Hello Everyone,I am trying to use ActiveX datagrid in VS2010 VB.net, actually, I converted my VB project to VB.net using VS2010 wizard.I see ActiveX datagrid was not converted to default datagrid ( that VS2010 provides). Now I was thinking to continue with ActiveX.Now I want to...

ActiveX datagrid in VS2010

1 Mar 2014 by CHill60

If you really want to stick with the ActiveX control then this article may be helpful[^]However I would recommend upgrading the control to a standard .NET datagridview while you have the chance

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...

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.

Activex error in html page (WindowsForms control in .net)

10 Feb 2010 by keyur soni

Hello experti have create one activex control. when i use it on html page and run that html page then it give me some security error.it shown below. How i can solve this error??? ;) See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this...

Activex exe client hangs

1 May 2013 by sjhsjfk

Hi,I have an out of process server running as windows services.I have made another application which instantiate the class defined in the out of process server. But when it calls a method of the class, it just hangs. It though runs fine when the out of process is not running already. When...

ActiveX EXE registration quandry under win7 64 bit.

8 May 2013 by Ron Anders

I should say at the outset that this problem may not be limited to win7 x64 as I just haven't tested any other OSes yet except I can say that I have not had a problem with XP 32bit.I wrote a 64 bit COM plug DLL for a larger 64 bit commercial applicationMy DLL starts and talks to, a UI that...

ActiveX EXE registration quandry under win7 64 bit.

11 May 2013 by Ron Anders

And Bingo was his name o!MSCOMCT2.OCX exists but is not registered by default in x64 SP1Now it works

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).

ActiveX in C++ and desktop widget

11 Oct 2010 by fredlynx

Hi, I have a problem with an activeX i write in C++ Visual studio 2010, this activeX work very well in IE but if i use the same fonction in a desktop gadget i have an error "Proprity not found"...Somebody have an idea ?Thk Fred

ActiveX Inception Drawing Issue

8 Apr 2013 by Pedro Lacerda

Hi, I want to draw an ActiveX (mschrt20.ocx) inside the OnDraw method in my custom ActiveX made in (C++/VS2010).Someone have a clue on that?

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...

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.

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!

ActiveX Installation to browser

14 Feb 2014 by sunil mali

Hi all,I have created one activeX using com Component.I could do it succesfully.I have also created msi file which register my activeX dll in system.Now i want my browser to register my activeX dll in system.Or my browser to prompt me for setup installation which will automatically...

ActiveX Installation to browser

14 Feb 2014 by JoCodes

Referhttp://dotnetslackers.com/articles/csharp/WritingAnActiveXControlInCSharp.aspx[^]prompt-to-install-activex-not-showing[^]

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 not working on client machine

26 Dec 2012 by Nader El Masry

I'm trying to run activex control for a simple hello world message box. First i created the class library and i have now the dll , then i created the HTML page and called the activeX control : DemoActiveX

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...

ActiveX not working on client machine

30 Dec 2012 by Nader El Masry

I solved the problem :)The problem was :1) I used to put msi file only or setup.exe in CAB file but i must put both msi and setup.exe and refer to setup.exe in inf file2) inf file format was wrong , the correc one is...

Activex object alternative

7 Dec 2016 by Member 12892648

Hi everyone!!I'm working on an intranet website where the name of the person connected is display. Like, if John Doe connect to his session, i want to recover is windows username, so, when his open the portal, John Doe is display with all information without a login page.I try the...

Activex object alternative

7 Dec 2016 by OriginalGriff

Pretty much, no.javascript - Windows username without using Activex Control - Stack Overflow[^]

Activex ocx driver "system.runtime.interopservices.comexception"

8 Mar 2016 by Member 10525430

Hi,i have problem about ocx driver,i got the error message "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException was unhandled Message=Çok zararlı hata (HRESULT özel durum döndürdü: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED)) Source=mscorlib ErrorCode=-2147418113 StackTrace: konum:...

ActiveX problem

2 Jan 2011 by imaa2amha

Dear all,I built an activex control which is coded in C++. This activex is working fine on my pc (windows 7 ) .When I installed it on a windows xp pc and try to register it, it gives me a message "loadlibrary(".ocx") failed. This application has failed to start because the 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.

ActiveX problem

2 Jan 2011 by imaa2amha

hey thanx ,but this dose not work with me.i change from the project properties on configuration manager in general area i change the properity of Use of MFC from "Use MFC in a Shared DLL" to "Use MFC in a Static Library" and then its worked fine :-D regards Ab Abulubbad

ActiveX settings to XML understandable for new MS Office format.

20 Jan 2015 by SuperMiQi

Hello Everyone,In previous version of MS Office Word document, the persistency of an ActiveX control was requested via IPersisStream / IPersistStorage.Now as XML format style is heavily used, MS Office Word is using that concept in his new document format. The question is how is the...

activex VLC player local reference?

25 Feb 2014 by Henry Setiana

I'm building a custom media player using VLC activex v2 plugin with visual studio 2013 C# But the problem is sometimes the app crash because the dll is not found forcing me to re-install the vlc player to get this worksalso if possible I don't want to force my user to install VLC manually in...

Activex wrap activex

22 Apr 2011 by mamuthamad1

Hi everyone,I created an activex control project use MFC. When I added one another activex control into my activex project, it didn't work.code:CHoops3dstream m_hoopsCtrl;//CHoops3dstream is embedded controlCRect rect;rect.SetRectEmpty ();m_hoopsCtrl.Create(_T("hoops3dstream"),...

Activex wrap activex

24 Apr 2011 by Sandeep Mewara

Just answering it to take it out of unanswered stack. OP found the resolution and has posted as comment: when i tested my activex project on localhost used IE browser,it didn't run and IE was closed.May be CHoop3dsstream control can't embed b/c when i changed CHoops3dstream control by...

Activex wrap activex

28 May 2013 by Member 8241647

I have the same problem, you solve now

Activex/COM connection between apps OK on win XP, unstable on win 10

10 May 2018 by Member 1003306

Hi, we are using ActiveX/COM connection from our applications (some in C++, some are Delphi, Win32) to manage ArCon (Windows CAD application). The connection (AfxConnectionAdvise...) behaves fine on Windows XP, there are some minor issues on Windows 7 and on Windows 10 there are major issues...