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I have developed a few controls (*.ocx)'s and put inseted them into Frontpage 98 Editor. This works fine and I can use them as designed. The problems start when publishing the .html page and associated .ocx file.
I've got VB5 Enterprise Edition, and want to know how I can put my .html page on the web with the .ocx file in it still viewable on another person's computer on the internet.
Distributing Your Control:
http://www.vb-world.net/activex/controls5/index2.html
So does that mean for someone to run an ActiveX ocx on another system in a web browser they'd have to first download the setup program, install that and then be able to see it on the screen?
That is definitely the downside of ActiveX controls.
If there happened to be one little mistake in your code( or if you were malicious),you could potentially cause harm to somebody's machine.
Another bummer is that they work only with IE
and not Netscape.
If you wish for NS users to download
your OCX, then they would also have to download a
plug-in for their browser. The plug-in required is the Esker ActiveX Plug-in.
An alternative could be a Java applet or ASP; but Java
applets are much slower compared to ActiveX controls.
:)