activeX control (ocx) wont run on Ns

[dcm]

i compiled a very simple ocx (just to find out if it would work) on our web server (using package and deployment), both htm and cab files were on the same folder. then, back on my pc, i went to the url (ex. http://dserver/dpackage/dtest.htm)

it does work on i.e. provided i allow downloading of activeX (intranet settings / security).
but it doesnt show up in netscape.

anything i missed?

thanks:)

[nategrover]

ActiveX controls only work on IE

[dcm]

thanks a loT! wow! is this part or corporate competitions? =)
well, that's sad. i asked this cause i had to do a program using coldfusion (which im just beginning to learn) and i cant seem to do it, but i sure know using vb.

thanks again!:D

[magicstar]

Hi

i need ur help i think u may b able to help me.i have developed a video conferencing application. i have then created a cab file file where i have added the OCX and other necessary components into an HTMl file to be viewed by the browser. When i run the file on local host i can capture audio and video, however i am not able to access it via other machines.I can't understand y. can u plz help me if u know.thks



magicstar

[dcm]

ah, i dont know what u mean by other machines... maybe u meant when u copied ur htm to the server, instead of viewing a local copy of it.
both cab file and htm (which are actually created using package and deployment) must be on the same folder... (it is also after u run p and d)

u just then need to copy it to the server.
other clients can view this ocx, it will be downloaded if the client pc doesnt have the ocx.

it worked here fine. hope it does there ;)

[magicstar]

Hi

Thks. it works fine now.

magicstar

[WizBang]

dcm
You may want to take a look at this site for cold fusion stuff:
http://www.cfm-resources.com/

As for activex on web pages, this is the big security issue that ie has. They (m$) continue to push this, and I think it's because they eventually want to run your pc over the internet. The idea came some time ago, as pc's began to find there way into the average home, and also because software can be rather expensive to own, and upgrade, as well, as the drive space requirements, which has now become a non-issue. Software piracy is also an issue, and if you only "rented" an app, using the internet to interact with a server, you won't actually ever get the software onto your machine. This looked atractive from a speed prospective too, because the typical pc was slower than it is now. Big apps would not run too well, but if the pc was turned into a dummy terminal, any old thing would basically fill the requirements.

That is where they want this to go. Is it "big brother"? When you throw in things like the Passport system, and the fact that m$ announced some time ago that their next OS would only be available via the internet, things are taking shape. Note all the controversy that xp stirred up when they told us we had to get "permission" to install software on it! And that pc makers would not be able to add or remove desktop icons. That didn't fly too well, but xp is more ie than any other OS thus far, and note how you can't get any patches from their site using Netscape! This is only because they can't "peek" in on your system unless you use ie, because of activex, and the holes it opens, which in my view, are intentional.

[dcm]

wow! that's a serious business tactic... but i dont think it would benefit the consumers; i knew i heard or read that internet was meant for sharing not restricting. well, business is business i guess. its just unfortunate (maybe) becoz majority of consumers use m$ products... so in turn we really are "hooked" on them and how they want things to run.
thanks for the info and of course additional thanks for the site you recommend. im gonna visit it for sure.
thanks!:D