Most Urgent -What is ActiveX

[ramsreddy60]

Hi friends,
Can anyone pls tell me What is Activex Control? Ur answer is most appreciated.

looking for a quick reply

Rinku

[kishan]

Hi,

A loosely defined set of technologies developed by Microsoft for sharing information among different applications. ActiveX is an outgrowth of two other Microsoft technologies called OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) and COM (Component Object Model). ActiveX can be very confusing because it applies to a whole set of COM-based technologies. ActiveX controls represent a specific way of implementing ActiveX technologies.

below given are various ActiveX components

1. ActiveX controls
2. ActiveX exe or dll
3.ActiveX document or exe

Follow this link for more details
http://www.active-x.com/articles/whatis.htm

Thnx&Regards
Kishan