activex

WPF, can´t load a COM dll in some client machines

Hi. I have an WPF Full Tust explorer application that uses a COM assembly. In some computers it works fine, in other ones it fails. There are too kind ok exceptions I got: ComException and FileNotFoundException. In the first case the dll arrives to clinet but the COm generator isn´t found (wich is the Com generator?? must i add it to th...

barcode scanner in JavaScript? Or plugin/extension

Hi All, I'm looking at writing a USB barcode scanner interface to a web application (offline app). By this I mean that the scanner will be on the client machine not server. So I was wondering what the best design would be. I know I could write an ActiveX object or native plugin into some browser but this is not ideal, does anyone kno...

Accessing local resources using activex dll control in C#

Its possible access local resources, like serial ports, open a socket, write a file, etc, using a activex dll in c#? I already have a applicaton that works in this scenario, but i had to configurate the framework to fulltrust access. Now i would like to do without this configuration? It possible? There is a type of sign to certificate ...

lightweight html control for desktop apps (C++/Windows)

I am currently using RichText control in my program. It creates several instances of RichText control (hundreds) because it’s a sticky notes program. I wish to replace it with a lightweight HTML control which will have functionality similar to RichText control (text formatting, bullets, links, images etc) Do you know if any free/commer...

How to debug why a VB6 application using my .NET ActiveX control does not register for events?

My original query was here, to give you an idea of how I did the implementation. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3043841/replacing-a-c-activex-component-with-a-net-implementation The C++ ActiveX control I am replacing uses COM events. When one of the VB6 client applications (VB6 I believe, as depends.exe tells me it uses msvbvm60.dl...

Embedded VLC in VB.NET application for video Streaming

Right now I'm developing an application in VB.NET that streams video using VLC, but each time I want to stream a video I have to open a new vlc interface using a .BAT file and passing some arguments. The problem is that I need the VLC to be Embedded and stream from inside my applications. I have manage to get the vlc embedded and I can p...

Event Capture in classic ASP (vbscript) - is this possible?

We have just purchased some software that provides an API into our phone system allowing us to dial, hangup etc.. The API was designed to be used client side (internet explorer / activex). We want to use this server side and execute the dial commands via an ajax call to a classic ASP script. The basic VBScript for initialising the co...

PDFCreator with OpenOffice files

I use a Windows Web Server 2008 with ruby, PDFCreator, Microsoft Office, and OpenOffice to convert files to PDF automatically. The setup works ok for Microsoft Office files but I have not been able to get it to work automatically with OpenOffice files (e.g. .sxw). PDFCreator is able to convert .sxw files without problem when I do it manu...

Returning COM object to JScript

Hi. I am trying to pass a COM object from an ActiveX component to JScript. So far I have tried the following method of doing so: STDMETHODIMP CHSNetwork::CreateIPPPacket(VARIANT ** ppv) { IIPPacket *iipp; HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_IPPacket, NULL, CLSCTX_ALL, IID_IIPPacket, (void **)&iipp); if(SUCCEEDED(hr) && ppv) ...

Can OOPP (Out-of-process plugin) windowless?

Hi, I am trying to write a OOPP(Out-Of-Process plugin) ActiveX in vs2008. can an OOPP activevx plugin windowless? if so with out windowhandle how can we send signals to that window? ...

"Member not found" error when using vlc plugin in vs2008 Mfc

Hi i am trying to use vlc plugin in my vs2008 mfc project to play video files. but i am getting "Member not found" exception. can any body suggest me how to overcome this? ...

Visual Studio, Flash & ActiveX pickle

About five years ago I wrote a touch screen kiosk application in Visual Studio 2005 (.net 2.0) with an embedded Flash ActiveX movie in it, which ran a Flash application written in Flash 6. Fast forward back to the present and I've been tasked with upgrading our kiosk platform to allow for video conferencing. This requires communicating ...

How to intercept Tab press in ActiveX in IE

Should the keypress event be passed to an ActiveX included in IE, or does IE intercept it for the purpose of navigating between controls on the page? The behavior I can see so far is that pressing "Tab" when in an ActiveX tabs out of the ActiveX, not passing the keypress. Did anyone have any other experience (searching doesn't help, as ...

install (and use) a COM component in delphi application as I run the exe

I am trying to solve the doc to pdf conversion as described here. Since there is no a Delphi component (with source code) that creates pdf from doc, I was wondering how it is possible to "register the COM at runtime". I AM NOT USING AN INSTALLER, I just deploy the exe. So the idea was to simply put the ActiveX dll in the resources and ...

ActiveX control not showing up properly

I have an activex control which I have written using C#. It is essentially a user control which is being compiled into a dll. When I debug the program with visual studio the forms and controls appear normal. When I embed the control in a webpage using HTML the control functions properly but it does not render correctly. The fonts and pro...

WIA interop deployment through VS ClickOnce

I have an application that allows me to scan images on my development PC which works successfully. It uses the Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition COM ActiveX dll. I am running VS2008 on Windows 7 64 bit. I am having problems trying to deploy the Interop dll using ClickOnce. This component is referenced through the VS project in the no...

Pass Array From C# COM object to JavaScript?

Similar to this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/45169/how-do-i-return-an-array-of-strings-from-an-activex-object-to-jscript but in C#. I have an COM control that passes back an array of strings to javascript. It seems like javascript cant understand what it is I am passing back and the array in javascript is always undefined. Java...

Problem with WMI ConnectServer in a SQL Server Agent job

I'm having trouble using WMI in an ActiveX script within SQL Server Agent (2005). When I run this code inside a job, it hangs at line 6 (ConnectServer). Note: I'm using a file for logging, as SQLActiveScriptHost.Print doesn't work as advertised. Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set txt = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\log.tx...

How do I Create an ActiveX (COM) in C#?

Hello, I am trying to create an ActiveX controller. I using VS2010 (.Net4) I need to create a COM object (in C#) and have no Idea how to get started (what type of project to use ect.) Thanks ...

Utility like NPAPI Spy for ACTIVEX?

Hi, just wondering if there is any open source implementation for an ActiveX web plugins similar in functionality to the one implemented by NPAPI Spy utility available at: http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/modules/plugin/tools/spy/ Thanks, Giovanni ...