activex-exe

How do I let a non-admin user instantiate objects from a VB6 ActiveX Exe ?

Question says it all really... I have tried changing the "Allow non-admin users to run this program" setting on the property pages, and have also given the non-admin user in question what looks like the correct privileges in Component Services -> DCOM Config. Is there anything else I can do ? This is on Server2003 BTW. Thanks Matt ...

What is the Best Practice for converting a vb6 standard exe to a activex exe?

Hi guys, i have a legacy massive vb6 editor with plenty of 3rd party libraries and controls and recently there is a need to set it up to make it multi thread so i can run a few other forms independently from the main editor form. Basically there's minimum communication between these other forms and the main editor except for running the ...

Running a non-thread-safe dll in a multithreading windows http server

I need to encapsulate a VB6 application as a COM object that will be called by IIS. One of the dlls used by the VB6 app is NOT thread-safe. How can I make sure that whenever my COM object is called it doesn't share the same dll with other instances of itself? I read somewhere that ActiveX exes run each instance in a different process,...

API Equivalent of running SomeActiveX.Exe /regserver

I need to register an ActiveX exe programmatically and Shell(SomeActiveX.Exe /regserver) is not sufficient. Is anyone aware of an API equivalent? ...

Simulating SideBySide for Out of Process ActiveX

We are adapting our client side relatively complicated application (ActiveX / .net / Delphi / C++ / COM ) to use SxS to achieve non admin deployment and isolation from older versions of our product. We were able to achieve this goal for almost all our in proc components such as our .net ui, Delphi ui, and the COM servers we use in proc ...

Is re-registration required for new version of activex exe component?

When you deploy a new version of an activex exe does it need to be registered again? The exe was created in VB6. ...

If I have multiple apps accessing the internet through one ActiveX EXE will just the ActiveX need Firewall persmission?

Here's one for a firewall expert: If I have an ActiveX EXE (created in VB6) and use that for several other VB6 apps to access the internet, will I need to only get permission from the Firewall (if it blocks the access) for just the ActiveX EXE, or for each app? ...

How to write a COM EXE for Win32 using Tcl and TclApp?

I would like to think it possible to use TclApp to create a Win32 EXE that could be used as COM server EXE. Has anyone tried this, or is it too horrible an idea to seriously consider? Basically, I want to do in Tcl what I can already do using PerlCtrl. ...

PowerPoint printing using activex control

Hi People, We have written an ActiveX control using C# to use it in Microsoft PowerPoint. The control has following Title: 'Test Viewer'. When I place the control in PowerPoint in edit mode, I see the title in control. But when I print the slide, it show me a big "X" in the print output. Print preview looks proper. I tried using 'Prin...