ActiveX
Sign in to saveActiveX is a deprecated software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996. In principle, ActiveX is not dependent on Microsoft Windows operating systems, but in practice, most ActiveX controls only run on Windows. Most also require the client to be running on an x86-based computer because ActiveX controls contain compiled code.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- File:ActiveX logo.svg
- Software.title
- ActiveX
- Software.developer
- Microsoft
- Software.author
- Microsoft
- Software.logo_size
- 120px
- Software.discontinued
- Yes
- Software.latest release version
- 2013
- Software.programming language
- C, C++
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows, Solaris, Classic Mac OS, macOS
- Software.platform
- x86
- Software.included with
- Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Windows Media Player etc.
- Software.replaces
- OLE 2.0 and COM
- Software.genre
- Software framework
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- Commons category
- ActiveX
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/activex
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- ActiveX controls
- History
- Platform support
- ActiveX in non-Internet Explorer applications
- Other ActiveX technologies
- See also
- References
- External links
ActiveX is a deprecated software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996. In principle, ActiveX is not dependent on Microsoft Windows operating systems, but in practice, most ActiveX controls only run on Windows. Most also require the client to be running on an x86-based computer because ActiveX controls contain compiled code.
ActiveX is still supported in the "Internet Explorer mode" of Microsoft Edge (which has a different, incompatible extension system, as it is based on Google's Chromium project).