Active-X Fun ..please help

I created an activeX control with basic function to try out.

First I tried running this with the same machine it works fine. Now this is time for the web server.

When i made a package of the above project using Package and deployment wizard. it creates a .cab file and .htm file for internet package. I deployed the package into a server and i am running the HTML from Client using URL of the SERVER where the .htm and .cab files resides. fine,

Now the fun begins..I am able to download the control but nothing is visible. I am getting doubt wheither it failed to download all the necessary files or something else..

Please anyone faced this problem earlier could give me helping hand..

Thanks
Shailaza


Shailaza

I cannot solve your problem, but I can share my experience with installing ActiveX components (ActiveX controls and DocObjects) over an Intranet.

We did experience the same problems. You write a control and it runs perfectly on your (the developer's) machine. Then you create an Internet Download package and deploy it.

When we installed it on 10 PCs, we had 10 different effects: it wouldn't install on PC one, it would ALWAYS (i.e. with each visit to the page) install the control on PC 2, it would work smoothly on PC 3...
and that was on an Intranet

You don't get any diagnostic help from your browser (not even from MS premier support).

That's why we stopped using ActiveX control and switched to (D)HTML.

You could search the MSDN knowledgebase for "Internet component download" entries.

After installing Service Pack 3 in my development machine again I started packing my Document Object as a Internet Download Package and it created cab,inf and html file as well.

Then these files has been manually shifted to the web server and before calling these html files I made the SEcurity settings very low and run any unregistered activex settingd enabled then it started working ..!

Well..This is not a good idea..non of the customers likes to change their security settings very low so I am thinking of shifting to Java Applet this time.

Previously I developed one Active Server Object that solve the problem but it run in IIS server.

Anyway thanks for your advice


Shailaza