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What are ActiveX Documents?

ActiveX documents are COM components that must be hosted and activated within a document container. They provide the application functionality; they also provide the ability to persist and distribute copies of the data intrinsic to the appl...

http://migrationguide.artinsoft.com/Migration-Guide-Faq-Chapter-4.aspx#faq30

Are you aware of any books (prefferably good ones) regarding acti...?

Tried all sorts of things and found some other good tips the MS KB. Many thanks to Robert and Dan for their comments.. .. The issue you have isn't strictly an ActiveX Doc issue but really would apply to any ActiveX component that y...

http://forums.devx.com/showthread.php?s=818ae477059dd519c8fc16a79c3782ca&t=2434

What's unique about Iris' approach to ActiveX Documents?

Dollie wrote the underlying code to do the OLE in-place activation and display and I designed the templates to provide the correct fields and values for launching Word or WordPro. The cool thing is, as other applications come to market an...

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ls-Editing_mail_with_WordPro_and_Word_interview/index.html

Related QA

what is the use of activex documents in visual basic 6.0?

Q: what are activex documents and control ? what is there purpose? means what do they do in visual basic? I need an deep explaination or these topics where could i find them?

A: for information about ActiveX in VBhttp://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/1539541http://cuinl.tripod.com/tutorials/ocx-11.htmhttp://www.visualbasicbooks.com/activeXtutorial.htmlhttp://www.leadtools.com/SDK/GENERAL/LEADTOOLS_For_VB.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX_controlhope this help


 

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