> I don't think that's correct. ActiveX (and this Flash and all of the > ActiveX plug-ins) uses COM - which launches the "external" application > in the same memory space. > Using ActiveX and using a DLL are two different things. It is possible to make use of a DLL without the use of ActiveX or COM in an application. This means that the DLL is in the same memory space as the application that makes use of it though.
> In fact most ActiveX controls are simply DLLs. It seems to me that if > ActiveX is covered (which is really just a generic method for launching > DLLs in process) that a non-generic method may also be covered. > ActiveX is covered, but I wouldn't say it is a generic way of making use of DLLs. The use of ActiveX is for very specific purposes. > Which, it seems to me, is covered by the patent. > I agree. > I was reading "Inter-process communication" to be a generic term for > pretty much any communication across processes. Is that a technology > name? > IPC is a generic term that refers to the exchange of data between one process and another, either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. Examples are Unix sockets, RISC OS's messages, OS/2's Named Pipes, Microsoft Windows' DDE, Novell's SPX and Macintosh's IAC. The key point being that the communication occurs between two different processes. If you have everything in the same process than there is no need for IPC. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.MontaraSoftware.com (888) 408-0900 x901 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
