Top "Activex" questions

ActiveX is a Microsoft-proprietary framework for defining and accessing interfaces, to system resources, in a programming-language independent way.

IE11 prevents ActiveX from running

Our web browser plugin works fine in IE9 and IE10 but in IE11 the plugin is neither recognized as an …

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How do I resolve "Run-time error '429': ActiveX component can't create object"?

My company has a VB6 application using Crystal Reports 7 which a client has asked to be installed on Windows 7 32 bit. …

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Microsoft Excel ActiveX Controls Disabled?

I have some Excel worksheets that use ActiveX checkboxes to control certain activity. They worked recently but today started to …

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ActiveX component can't create object

I have just installed a third party app on my Windows Server 2008 server and I get the ActiveX Component can't …

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What is the difference between "Form Controls" and "ActiveX Control" in Excel 2010?

Using Microsoft Excel 2010, I noticed two kind of controls that can be inserted into a document: Form Controls and ActiveX …

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How to Enable ActiveX in Chrome?

I read that early builds of Chrome supported ActiveX, but was later restricted to certain MIME types (for support for …

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How to launch an application from a browser?

Is it possible to launch an application from a browser? I am not talking about opening a file from a …

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Print directly from browser without print popup window

As it said in the subject I've to create a feature for a web-based application that will allow users to …

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create a text file using javascript

I am using the following code to create a text file using javascript and it's not working <html> &…

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How can I delete (not disable) ActiveX add-ons in Internet Explorer (7 and 8 Beta 2)?

I'm developing a solution which uses an ActiveX control (a commercial one which we bought and that I did not …

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