ActiveX is a framework for defining reusable Component based software engineering software components ... to ActiveX Controls at http microsoft.com microsoft.com , accessed 18 January 2008 ref It was introduced ... Visual Studio , and Windows Media Player use ActiveX controls to build their feature set and also encapsulate their own functionality as ActiveX controls which can then be embedded into other applications. Internet Explorer also allows embedding ActiveX controls onto web page s. ActiveX controls Active ... them. They also differ Java applets can run on nearly any platform, while ActiveX components officially ... to work with Windows systems. ActiveX is not supported by Microsoft on other operating systems ... installed from malicious websites using ActiveX controls drive by download s . Programmers can write ActiveX controls in any language which supports COM component development, including the following ... Creating ActiveX Components in C ref Borland Delphi Visual Basic .NET Framework C VB.NET Common examples of ActiveX controls include Button computing command button s, list box es, dialog box es, and the Internet ... as ActiveX in 1996. ref cite web url http zone.ni.com devzone cda tut p id 4496 title Using ActiveX ... pages doi archiveurl archivedate dateformat quote The term ActiveX surfaced in the Microsoft ... title Microsoft Announces ActiveX Technologies Microsoft Corp. announced ActiveX Technologies ... ActiveX ... Technologies, which make it easy for the broadest range of software developers and Web designers to build dynamic content for the Internet and the PC. ... ActiveX Technologies form a robust .... Specifically, ActiveX Technologies enable developers to build Web content easily using ActiveX Controls formerly OLE Controls , active scripts and active documents. ... ActiveX Technologies are available in the form of the Microsoft ActiveX Development Kit, which is being distributed to more ... controls. Starting with Internet Explorer 3.0 1996 , Microsoft added support to host ActiveX ... more details
Context date January 2008 Expert subject multiple Computing Microsoft Windows date February 2009 ActiveX Document also known as DocObject or DocObj ref http www.pcmag.com encyclopedia term 0,2542,t ActiveX Documents&i 37473,00.asp Definition of ActiveX Documents ref is a computer file in the form of a compound document compound text based document that allows Clarify date February 2009 a container application Vague date February 2009 to use the full capabilities of server applications. ambig This approach Clarify date February 2009 distinguishes between a document, such as a word document or video clip , and the software that can be Application software applied open, edit, display, save to the document. ActiveX documents consist of two components the document itself and the ActiveX DLL or EXE server that supports it. A single server computing server can support an unlimited number of documents, just as Microsoft Word can support any number of document files. The server for an ActiveX document can be an EXE or a DLL server. The document generally has the extension .VBD, though ActiveX documents can be stored within other files as well, using a mechanism ambig called Object Linking and Embedding OLE structured storage . References reflist External links http pntpm3.ulb.ac.be Info Activex ch23.htm ActiveX document fundamentals Microsoft Windows components Category Microsoft initiatives Category Windows software Category Windows software stubs Windows software stub ... more details
orphan date January 2009 The Mozilla ActiveX Control uses the Gecko layout engine Gecko layout engine to deliver a fully programmable HTML and XML rendering control for ActiveX developers. The API is similar to the Internet Explorer ActiveX control so it maintains a high degree of compatibility. Mozilla ActiveX Control can be used by ReactOS to gain compatibility with some Windows programs, as well as enable web browsing right from within ReactOS Explorer. Gecko is the same engine that powers Mozilla , Mozilla Firefox and numerous other rich content applications. External links http www.iol.ie locka mozilla mozilla.htm Mozilla ActiveX Control home page Category Mozilla web software stub fr Mozilla ActiveX Control ... more details
Microsoft s ActiveX Data Objects ADO is a set of Component Object Model COM object computing object s for accessing data sources. A part of MDAC , it provides a middleware layer between programming language s and OLE DB a means of accessing data stores, whether they be database s or otherwise, in a uniform manner . ADO allows a software developer developer to write programs that access data without knowing how the database is implemented. You must be aware of your database for connection only. No knowledge of SQL is required to access a database when using ADO, although one can use ADO to execute SQL commands. The disadvantage of this i.e. using SQL directly is that it introduces a dependency upon the type of database used. It is positioned as a successor to Microsoft s earlier object layers for accessing data sources, including Remote Data Objects RDO Remote Data Objects and Data Access Objects DAO Data Access Objects . ADO was introduced by Microsoft in October 1996. Internals ADO is made up of four collections and twelve objects ADO collections Fields This collection contains a set of Field objects. The Collection can be used in either a Recordset object or in a Record object. In a Recordset object, each of the Field objects that make up the Fields collection corresponds to a column in that Record set object. In a Record object, a Field can be an absolute or relative URL that points into a tree structured Namespace computer science namespace used for semi structured data providers like the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing or as a reference to the default ... index.asp DevGuru ADO Quick Reference Microsoft APIs DEFAULTSORT Activex Data Objects Category Microsoft application programming interfaces da ADO de ActiveX Data Objects es ActiveX Data Objects fr ActiveX Data Objects ko it ActiveX Data Objects nl ActiveX Data Objects ja ActiveX Data Objects pl ADO pt ActiveX Data Objects ru ADO th ActiveX Data Objects uk ADO zh ADO ... more details
bsr Screenshot of a Microsoft Windows ActiveX control security dialog. These dialogs are typically presented in Internet Explorer versions 4 through 6 SP1 when the user browses to a web site containing an ActiveX control that they do not already have installed. Windows XP with Service Pack 2, as well as Windows Vista employ a different method of requesting user action when an ActiveX control is asked to be installed. This image demonstrates a relatively common tactic employed by malware to convince the user to install the software. Source Cropped from Image Benedelman spyware blogspot 2a.png Screenshot of spyware. Taken from Ben Edelman s Web site with his permission under the GFDL. Original URL http www.benedelman.org spyware images blogspot 2a.png Uploaded at 18 48, 14 July 2005 UTC by User Fubar Obfusco Fubar Obfusco Licensing Non free software screenshot Screenshots of Microsoft Windows Category Screenshots of Windows software ... more details
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Killbit is a security feature in web browsers based on Microsoft s Trident layout engine Trident engine such as Internet Explorer and other ActiveX containers that respect the killbit such as Microsoft Office . A killbit instructs an ActiveX control container never to use a specific piece of ActiveX software, whether third party or Microsoft, as identified by its CLSID class identifier CLSID . The main purpose of a killbit is to close security holes. If a vendor discovers that there is a security hole in a specific version of an ActiveX control, they can request that Microsoft put out a killbit for it. Killbit updates are typically deployed to Microsoft Windows operating systems via Windows Update . Implementation A flag in the Windows Registry identifies a CLSID as unsafe. The CLSID acts as a serial number for the software in question a Globally unique identifier GUID that must exist for each piece of software that behaves as an ActiveX control. If an ActiveX container finds that the CLSID of a killbit entry matches the CLSID of the software, the software is blocked from running in the ActiveX container. If a vendor wants to release an updated version then they release it with a different CLSID. Internet Explorer s HTML Application HTML application host also respects the killbit when processing the OBJECT tag in HTML, but not when processing scripts in HTML. References reflist External links http support.microsoft.com kb 240797 Microsoft KB240797 How to stop an ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer August 24, 2007 http blogs.technet.com srd archive 2008 02 06 The Kill 2D00 Bit FAQ 3A00 Part 1 of 3.aspx Microsoft Technet The Kill Bit FAQ Category Internet Explorer Category Microsoft Windows security technology de Killbit es Killbit fr Killbit zh ActiveX ru Killbit security software stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Surround Video was a technology announced as a competitor to Apple s QuickTime VR by Microsoft for creating panoramic 360 degree 3D images. It was evaluated by reviewers as an equal to Quicktime VR. Despite never having shipped as an actual end user product, Microsoft released a Surround Video ActiveX control . ref http activex.microsoft.com activex controls museum survid.htm Surround Video ActiveX Control Demo ref The Surround Video control was used by websites such as CarPoint and Expedia . ref http activex.microsoft.com activex controls museum survid.asp Microsoft Surround Video Control ref It also ships as part of Encarta encyclopedia where it is used for panoramic interactivities. A somewhat similar modern initiative by Microsoft is Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth . References reflist 2 External links http www.byte.com art 9505 sec9 art2.htm Byte Panoramic video, using Apple s QuickTime VR and Microsoft s Surround Video, enables photo quality virtual reality on your computer screen compu soft stub Category Uncompleted Microsoft initiatives ... more details
Nightmare 6 is a game which Apple Computer included along with other software with the purchase of their systems in the 1980 s. Many of those who grew up in this decade are likely to remember playing this game either in school or at home. External links http www.platypuscomix.net applepalooza nightmare6game.html ActiveX Apple II emulator adaption Category Mac OS games ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 DHTMLEdit is an ActiveX for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later. It allows Web authors and application developers to add WYSIWYG DHTML editing capabilities to their Web sites and applications. The editing component uses Microsoft s Component Object Model COM technology to provide access to editing services such as basic HTML formatting, tables, undo and redo, and absolute positioning. Because of several security issues with this ActiveX, Microsoft decided to discontinue shipping it with Windows Vista . Also Internet Explorer has continued to evolve, incorporating WYSIWYG editing features of its own in Internet Explorer 5.5 and Internet Explorer 6. The control was present in the Beta 1 version of Windows Vista, but is absent in subsequent Windows releases. However, because several programs and websites require this control to function correctly, it is still available as a separate download from Microsoft Download Center. More information can be found http msdn2.microsoft.com EN US library aa663363.aspx here . References reflist 2 External links http msdn.microsoft.com archive en us dnaredcom html cncpt.asp?frame true DHTML Editing Component Overview http download.microsoft.com download 6 f 9 6f92d5c3 ef1c 496f b066 0698280ed4f1 DhtmlEd.msi DHTML ActiveX for Vista Windows software stub Category Component based software engineering Category Editing software Category Windows software ... more details
Image fax2send.png right Fax2Send is a fax server software system produced by Beacon Computer Services, in the U.K. It is subject to a proprietary software proprietary licence. The system is available in versions for Linux and Solaris Operating System Solaris operating systems. It includes API s to facilitate embedding faxing functionality in server applications. Client interfaces include e mail , virtual printer s, and special bundled client software . The client software is available in versions for Unix Linux running under X Window System X , and Microsoft Windows Windows it allows the sending and receiving and management of faxes, and administration of user settings including coverpages. Also included is a Windows ActiveX control ActiveX component, which facilitates embedding faxing functionality into Windows client applications. The company also produces U Fax , for Unix servers. See also Fax server List of proprietary software for Linux External links http www.fax2send.com fax2send page products server.html Fax2Send website Category Fax software ... more details
ALX may refer to Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano , light attack aircraft Hewa Bora Airways , ICAO code Thomas C. Russell Field , IATA code Alexandria railway station , Scotland, National Rail code Union Station Alexandria, Virginia , Amtrak Code File name extension .ALX for various Computer file file types ActiveX Layout file BlackBerry Application Loader File disambig de ALX fr ALX it ALX ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 HuntBar , aka WinTools or Adware.Websearch , was installed by an ActiveX drive by download at affiliate Web sites, or by advertisements displayed by other spyware programs an example of how spyware can install more spyware. These programs add toolbars to Internet Explorer , track aggregate browsing behavior, redirect affiliate references, and display advertisements. DEFAULTSORT Huntbar Category Spyware Malware stub ... more details
WinWrap Basic WWB by Polar Engineering and Consulting is a third party macro language based on Visual Basic used with programmes of various types ref http www.winwrap.com web basic default.asp ref which its vendor touts as an alternative to ActiveX e.g. VBScript , JScript , PerlScript , Rexx based WSH engines and others , Visual Basic for Applications , and VSTA for this purpose. The WWB software package is used in conjunction with Microsoft development tools including Visual Studio, Visual Studio.NET, and the ActiveX scripting engines. The current version, 10.01, is available for different combinations of OS and platform. There are four types of WWB, those being WWB.NET for the .NET object model used with Visual Studio.NET 2005 and 2008 and VSTA , .WWB COM for the COM object model Visual Studio and Visual Studio.NET earlier versions , both of which are used with all Windows 32 and 64 bit operating systems of from Windows 95 to Windows VIsta the other two packages are for Windows CE and PocketPC & Windows Mobile. Earlier versions of WWB ran under Windows 3.1 and ostensibly OS 2 Warp 3 as well. WWB is integrated into many software packages including most categories of PC and server software as well as software used to run various types of equipment like mass spectrometers and other lab equipment. References Reflist Prog lang stub Category BASIC programming language family ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Ideal Bulletin Board is one of the early Microsoft Microsoft Windows Windows based Bulletin board system bulletin board programs . It uses Microsoft SQL Server on the Front end and back end back end and ASP Active Server Pages on the presentation layer. Business logic is done in Component Object Model COM ActiveX . Microsoft is a big customer of this product using it on a lot of their own properties. The company Ideal Science is based in Austin, Texas Austin , Texas . External links http www.idealscience.com Ideal Science, Inc. website Category Bulletin board systems web software stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In computer programming , a third party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform. The third party software component market thrives because many programmers believe that Component based software engineering component oriented development improves the efficiency and quality of developing custom applications. However this belief may be misplaced because the majority of these components are not subject to the same quality controls that one would expect to find in other industries. It is rare to find a software component that was developed in accordance with a general standard such as ISO 9001 , let alone a more specific standard that would be applicable to the function of the component. For instance, there is a British Standards Institution specification BS 6117 1981, that details the requirements for the performance and characteristics of glass bottles for light wine, however no such standard exists for a software component that would provide a Java logging framework . Which means that the user of such a software component would not be able to rely on it having a predictable behaviour. Visual Basic Microsoft Visual Basic Spawned the first commercially viable market for reusable software components. Visual Basic s first extensibility mechanism was the specification for Visual Basic Extension s, commonly known as custom controls . In version 4.0 of Visual Basic, the OCX custom control was introduced to replace VBX. OCX was later renamed ActiveX and then component object model COM . In version 7.0 of Visual Basic, also known as VB.NET , Microsoft introduced the Microsoft .NET .NET Component to replace both VBX and ActiveX. It was still possible to use many ActiveX components in VB.NET by wrapping them in a .NET layer. See also Enterprise Java Beans Visual component library VCL Component Library ... more details
CAPICOM is a discontinued ActiveX control created by Microsoft to help expose a select set of Microsoft Cryptographic Application Programming Interface CryptoAPI functions through Microsoft Component Object Model COM . It was intended to enable every environment that supports ActiveX to use Microsoft Cryptographic technologies, including web pages that are opened with Microsoft Internet Explorer or any other web browser that supports ActiveX. ref name CAPICOM Intro http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms995332.aspx Introducing CAPICOM on http msdn2.microsoft.com Microsoft Developer s Network MSDN ref CAPICOM can be used to digitally sign data, inspect, verify and display their digital signature and or digital certificate, add or remove certificates to or from the certificate stores, and finally, to encrypt or decrypt data. ref name CAPICOM Intro http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms995332.aspx Introducing CAPICOM on http msdn2.microsoft.com Microsoft Developer s Network MSDN ref CAPICOM Version 2.1.0.2, the latest and last version of CAPICOM, is officially supported on Windows Vista. ref http blogs.msdn.com alejacma archive 2007 10 19 capicom support on windows vista.aspx CAPICOM support on Windows Vista ref ref http msdn.microsoft.com en us library aa375754.aspx CAPICOM Versions on Microsoft Developer s Network MSDN ref However, Microsoft has announced that CAPICOM is discontinued and is no longer being developed. Microsoft suggests replacing CAPICOM with .NET Framework s X509 Cryptographic Classes and a number of other alternatives. ref http msdn.microsoft.com en us library cc778518.aspx Alternatives to CAPICOM Windows on Microsoft Developer s Network MSDN ref References reflist 2 Microsoft APIs Category Cryptographic software Category Microsoft application programming interfaces Category Microsoft Windows security technology crypto stub Windows stub it CAPICOM ru CAPICOM zh CAPICOM ... more details
Data Access Objects DAO to ActiveX Data Objects ADO . Substantial change of Microsoft Microsoft Jet .... names. Reconception of the source code to optimally employ the new functionality of ActiveX Data Objects ... more details
was the first ActiveX control that allowed OLAP multidimensional analysis capabilities for client ... press mspress.htm ref . ActiveBar was the first ActiveX control providing developers with a tool ... was the first ActiveX Designer report writer offering developers full report writing capabilities as well as extensive export formats. ActiveReports was also the first ActiveX Designer released outside ... written in managed code. Timeline 1996 DynamiCube 1.0 Released. One of the first 32 bit ActiveX ... Explorer 3.0 s ActiveX Capabilities. DynamiCube is the first product that brings interactive OLAP capabilities to ActiveX enabled pages posted on the World Wide Web ref http web.archive.org web 19961031213408 ... . 1998 ActiveReports for Visual Basic is the first ActiveX Designer for Visual Basic created outside ... web 20020921203641 http datadynamics.com ref 2003 Grid, a grid ActiveX Control is released ref http ... for Visual Basic a020482937 the world s first lightweight ActiveX designer http microsoft.apress.com ... more details
Office Web Components OWC are a group of Object Linking and Embedding OLE components allows embedding and linking to documents implemented as ActiveX ActiveX control controls in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003. These ActiveX Controls can be plugged into web pages, Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications VBA forms, Windows Forms or programmed in memory. The OWC can be used by any COM compliant Component Object Model programming language. Applications like Microsoft Excel Excel , Microsoft Access Access and Microsoft FrontPage FrontPage allowed creating interactive web pages using Office Web Components. The following components are included Spreadsheet Chartspace Pivot table Data source component The Office Web Components have been discontinued in Office 2007 , and are not included, except as a part of Office Project Server 2007. ref cite web url http blogs.msdn.com excel archive 2006 07 17 668544.aspx title Office Web Components Roadmap author David Gainer date July 17, 2006 accessdate 2006 09 10 work Microsoft Excel 2007 nee Excel 12 publisher MSDN Blogs ref However, they will still be available for download from Microsoft s website. Microsoft has not yet offered a complete replacement for the Office Web Components. However, programmers can use a combination of third party products, Excel Services or VSTO Visual Studio Tools for Office to provide similar functionality. The Pivot Table web component does not function on Windows 7. ref http support.microsoft.com kb 2067463 Webpage on Windows 7 does not render the OWC Pivot Table ref There are currently four books in print on programming the OWC. The O.W.C Black Book 2nd Edition Alvin Bruney 2007 The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET Alvin Bruney 2005 Professional ASP Programming Guide for Office Web Components With Office 2000 and Office XP Qimao Zhang 2001 Programming Microsoft Office 2000 Web Components Dave Stearns 2000 See also Comparison of office suites References refli ... more details
Note The following content requires a knowledge of database technologies. The following is a comparison of two different database access technologies from Microsoft , namely, ActiveX Data Objects ActiveX Data Objects ADO and ADO.NET . Before comparing the two technologies, it is essential to get an overview of Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC and the .NET Framework . Microsoft Data Access Components provide a uniform and comprehensive way of developing applications for accessing almost any data store entirely from Managed code Managed and unmanaged unmanaged code . The .NET Framework is an Virtual machine Application virtual machine application virtual machine based software environment that provides security mechanisms, memory management , and exception handling and is designed so that developers need not consider the capabilities of the specific CPU that will execute the .NET application. The .NET Virtual machine Application virtual machine application virtual machine turns intermediate language IL into machine code. High level language compilers for C Sharp programming language C , Visual Basic .NET VB.NET and C are provided to turn source code into IL. ADO.NET is shipped with the Microsoft NET Framework. ActiveX Data Objects ADO relies on Component Object Model COM whereas ADO.NET relies on managed providers defined by the .NET Common Language Runtime CLR . ADO.NET does not replace ADO for the COM programmer rather, it provides the .NET programmer with access to relational data sources, XML, and application data. class wikitable ADO ADO.NET Business Model Connection oriented Models used mostly Disconnected models are used Message like Models. Disconnected Access Provided by Record set Provided by Data Adapter and Data set XML Support Limited Robust Support Connection Model Client application needs to be connected always to data server while working on the data, unless using client side cursors or a disconnected Record set Client disconnected as soon as the ... more details
Orphan date January 2011 BLP unsourced date November 2010 Infobox Writer for more information see Template Infobox Writer doc name Paul Lomax image imagesize 220px caption birthdate birth date and age mf yes 1961 6 12 mf y birthplace Bury, England deathdate deathplace occupation Programmer, Author genre Computer Programming movement influences influenced signature website http www.paullomax.com Paul Lomax born June 12, 1961 is a British Programmer and author of books about computer programming , specifically Microsoft Visual Basic , Visual Basic for Applications , Visual Basic .NET , Active Server Pages and ASP.NET . Paul Lomax is the President of http www.freeparking.co.uk Freeparking Domain Registrars Inc. an ICANN accredited domain name registrar based in Wilmington, Delaware . Writing career Lomax s first book contract was in 1996 to write a new ActiveX and VBScript tuition title for SAMS Publishing as part of the Laura Lemay s Web Workshop series, the release of the book was timed to coincide with the launch of the Internet Explorer 3 Browser from Microsoft which supported ActiveX and VBScript . At almost the same time, O Reilly Media at the time called O Reilly and Associates contracted Lomax to write an in depth tutorial book about VBScript concentrating on client side internet programming, called Learning VBScript. Lomax continued to write for O Reilly Media working with editor Ron Petrusha. Their best selling work came in 1998 with a book often recommended for academics and professional programmers as the main language reference VB & VBA in a Nutshell The Language. Publishers Paul Lomax has had books published by O Reilly Media SAMS Publishing w3c Co Contributors and Editors Paul Lomax has worked with the following editors and co contributors Ron Petrusha Matt Childs Rogers Cadenhead Steve Roman Published Books as Author Learning VBScript VB & VBA in a Nutshell The Language Laura Lemays Web Workshop ActiveX and VBScript Published Books as Contributor VB.Net ... more details
OWC can refer to Office Web Components , a group of OLE components implemented as ActiveX controls in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 Open wheel car , describes cars with the wheels outside the car s main body and, in most cases, one seat. Oscillating water column , a wave power technology, see Wells turbine Water contact Oil water contact , the interface between layers of oil and water in hydrocarbon reservoirs Own work capitalized , the value of work that was performed for own purposes and is capitalized in the balance sheet as part of fixed assets OWC , song from the album Isola album Isola by the Swedish rock band Kent original wood case, a term used to describe wine packaging Other World Computing , a PC computer component supplier specializing in Apple computer products Disambig ... more details
Orphan date December 2009 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A helper application is an external viewer program launched to display content retrieved using a web browser . Some common examples include Windows Media Player and QuickTime Player for playing streaming content. Unlike a plugin whose full code is included into browser code , a small line is added to the browser code to tell it to open a certain helper application in case it encounters a certain file format. See also ActiveX control Object Linking and Embedding Overlay operating system Plug in computing shell script Video player software XCMD DEFAULTSORT Helper Application Category Web browsers Web software stub ... more details
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