Chapter 28. ActiveX Controls

by Vincent W. Mayfield and Mickey Williams

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This chapter discusses ActiveX controls. ActiveX controls are an evolved form of object linking and embedding (OLE) controls, which commonly are referred to as OLE control extensions (OCXs). The ActiveX control specification contains enhancements that make ActiveX controls more useful in Internet applications.

You can think of ActiveX controls as functional pieces of code packaged into reusable components. Every ActiveX ...

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