> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 5:34 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: No so good news > > > Acrobat, for example, does not (I believe) use ActiveX as Flash and > > many > > others do: Acrobat uses OLE (the Acrobat reader opens within IE, adding > > custom toolbars and such just an Office app would, but can also open as > > a stand-alone application). > > > Even though Acrobat Reader is not specifically a plug-in, the > application itself is embedded by IE thus falling under this patent. It > doesn't matter what method is used to integrate an application with a > browser in terms of this patent; all that matters is that you have two > distinct applications integrated together, with one controlling the > other for the purposes of handling something embedded in hypertext.
But that's exactly what happens with OLE of Office applications - as I said before. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
