This Microsoft based technology was built to link desktop applications to the World Wide Web. Using ActiveX development tools software developers create interactive Web content for their applications. So for example, Word and Excel documents can be viewed directly in a Web browser that supports ActiveX. While ActiveX is a useful technology, the downside is that you need to have a up to date version of ActiveX installed on your machine. The technology will also work in html email such as microsoft outlook.
New programming standard proposed by Microsoft to increase the functionality of web pages. Similar in some respects to Java and Javascript.
A technology developed by Microsoft for sharing information among different applications, ActiveX supports new features that enable it to take advantage of the Internet. For example, an ActiveX control can be automatically downloaded and executed by a Web browser. ActiveX is not a programming language, but rather a set of rules for how applications should share information. It allows you to create cross-platform, language-independent controls. To the top
Microsoft first developed Active X to allow information sharing between various programming applications developed in various languages. Microsoft developed it to be fully compatible with the Windows operating system.
A set of technologies developed by Microsoft that provides tools for creating interactive Web content and links desktop applications to the Internet. For instance, ActiveX technology allows users to view Word and Excel documents directly in a browser.
A technology created by Microsoft to help you see dynamic content on the Web. It is also used in many games and other multimedia to enhance the user experience.
A Java-like Microsoft language that permits web-originated programs to be run from the Microsoft Explorer browser.ยป Back to top of screen
A set of technologies developed by Microsoft that allow software components to interact with each other in a networked environment. Internet components can be interactive and add extra functionality to sites.
Software technology developed by Microsoft for including applications into HTML pages. Lack of security let many people prefer Java over Active X.
A name given by Microsoft as a set of "strategic" object-oriented programming technologies and tools. It is used to create modern web pages. The main technology is the Component Object Model (COM).
A Microsoft concept that allows a program to run inside a web page.
A software technology developed by Microsoft that allows programmed capabilities or content to be delivered to Windows-based personal computers via the World Wide Web. Active X is notable for a complete lack of security controls; computer security experts discourage its use over the Internet.
This set of technologies from Microsoft provides tools for linking desktop applications to the World Wide Web. Using a variety of programming tools--including Java, Visual Basic, and C++--developers can create interactive Web content. For instance, ActiveX technology can allow users to view Word and Excel documents directly in a browser.
ActiveX is a set of technologies from Microsoft that enables interactive content for the World Wide Web. Before ActiveX, Web content was static, 2-dimensional text and graphics. With ActiveX, Web sites come alive using multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications that create a user experience comparable to that of high-quality CD-ROM titles. ActiveX provides the glue that ties together a wide assortment of technology building blocks to enable these "active" Web sites.
This extends the intercompatibility of Windows programs to the Internet. An ActiveX component can be sent over the net with a web page and then works with other Windows programs on the local system. ActiveX also offers dynamic functionality such as share-price information.
In its simplest terms, Active X is an architecture that lets a program (the active X control) interact with other programs over a network, such as the Internet.
An ActiveX control is a component program object that can be re-used by many application programs within a computer or among computers in a network. The technology for creating ActiveX controls is part of Microsoft's overall ActiveX set of technologies, chief of which is the Component Object Model (COM). ActiveX controls can be downloaded as small programs or animations for Web pages, but they can also be used for any commonly-needed task by an application program in the latest Windows and Macintosh environments. In general, ActiveX controls replace the earlier OCX (Object Linking and Embedding custom controls). An ActiveX control is roughly equivalent in concept and implementation to the Java applet.
A programming language designed for program execution in a Microsoft Internet Explorer browser
ActiveX is a technology based on the Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM). It enables software components to interact, even if they were written by different persons, at different times, using different tools in different programming languages. The components (also called ActiveX controls) do not even have to be present on the same computer. Their modular character allows you to easily integrate ActiveX Controls into your own software. The programmer only has to know the interface specifications. ActiveX controls are not only used in Microsoft applications. They are also used to open Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents in Internet Explorer. These are then called ActiveX documents.
A microsoft software program.
Microsoft component standard. Customized class programming & reusability of code packed into one object called component. Whole technology called Active X component.
Mirosoft's powerful application language that works only through its Internet Explorer browser (and the Windows OS), not in Netscape's navigator or others.