> Yes, that's correct. But that's a little different from if, > say, I wrote an > ActiveX control of my own to do some specific task and put a > reference to > that in a web page. This is pretty rare, nowadays - it's too > much work for > too little return. Had this kind of use of ActiveX become > more common, it > would be much more detrimental to Microsoft to have that stop > working. On > the other hand, I doubt they're too broken up about Flash > apps not working > smoothly.
Right. I just ran into such an ActiveX control last night, with my new laptop. HP's update site installs a custom control to scan your machine. It even checked the fragmentation level of my hard drive! Not sure I'll ever run that again, but I was curious. ------------- [INFO] -- Access Manager: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236451 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
