Servers, References, and Automation Models
What is ActiveX Automation? ActiveX Automation is a method for one application to incorporate the functionality of another application by referring to, and therefore utilizing, its objects. ActiveX encompasses many services defined under the OLE 2.0 specification, such as linking and embedding objects, in-place editing, and many others. The foundation of this technology is COM, and ActiveX Automation is based on COM (Component Object Modeling). COM defines the interfaces for the objects the application exposes. The interface structure that COM defines enables COM objects to make their services available to other applications.
What then do you need to have in order to do ActiveX Automation? To provide ...
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