Re: [Dynapi-Help] DynBuilder proposal

[Tarun Ramakrishna Elankath]

Hey you actually can use ActiveX with Java. You can use COM/ActiveX theoritically with any programming language. After all the COM specification is language independent (thoough certainly not OS independent). Though in reality only a few programming languages fit this bill, and these include both Java and Perl. You can check up on stuff wtih interfacing Java with COM by searching Google.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Alan Shirey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:17 PM Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Help] DynBuilder proposal I am fairly sure that you cannot use ActiveX within Java.  ActiveX is M$ only and therefore not included in the concept that is Java.  I could be wrong but I don't think so.   M. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug Melvin Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:03 AM To: dynapi-help Subject: [Dynapi-Help] DynBuilder proposal It would seem that I have started no small thing with just an innocent comment. I have watched the list these past few days and have read many valid comments and opinions on the topic. I guess it's time I put my two cents in, eh?   1) DynAPI based IDE: A good idea in itself, but I can guarantee that I would not be able to use it on     my P120 with 24 megs of ram at home.. It's hard enough just to view a site like www.zara.com     (I still haven't seen it at it fullest) and I know that a DynAPI IDE would be even more intensive that the     afore mention web site.   2) Delphi: While Delphi "will" support Linux, it does not yet and counting on future developments for a     current project is a very bad way to go about things.     Not only that, but there are indeed MAC users involved in DynAPI as well as Win32 and Linux.   3) Java: Probably our best bet, as it is indeed open platform. Correct me if I am mistaken, but can you     not use ActiveX object within Java? If so, the code parsing/HTML display would NOT be a problem.     The Enterprise edition if Visual Basic (which we use here) come with a license to re-distribute the IE     browser object (I believe it is version 4.0) which means that someone (such as myself) could create     an ActiveX browser object for use with Java.   In conclusion my humble opinion is that we should most definitely go with Java for it is cross-platform and quite robust in it's own right. Java is also well know for extensibility.. i.e.; it is very easy to upgrade or replace a single component (such as a newer browser object) without having to re-write the rest of the program..   Thank You, Doug Melvin Integrated System Solutions: Design, Development, Implementation and Support Creative-Workshop.com