I have recently been asked by my company to develop a web based timesheet program for use throughout the company. I have determined that the functionality that they require would be best provided through the use of an activex control. The problem I am running into is the fact that the control runs in the client browser, so all data access has to be done from the client machine, and most of the machines do not have the SQL Server ODBC driver. Is there a way that I can push the driver to them with the control? I have also considered using an activex dll to perform all of the data accesses, but how do I get the control on the client machine to communicate with the dll on the server? An answer to either question would solve my problem.
