ActiveX Components (ActiveX Controls, COM Objects & OLE Objects) - Best Sellers

ActiveX Components (ActiveX Controls, COM Objects & OLE Objects)

Microsoft first introduced the term ActiveX in 1996 when they launched a downloadable user interface control or software component that could be used by Internet Explorer to give more interactive or active content on a Web page to the reader. ActiveX controls were a re-branded subset of OLE custom controls (OCX) or OLE controls (OCXes) that were streamlined for downloading over the Internet and that could be digitally signed for security and authentication reasons. These ActiveX downloads were also tagged or marked as being safe for scripting and safe for initialization, to help give users confidence in using them in ActiveX Internet apps, as they were less likely to start making unauthorized actions on their systems. ActiveX controls also supported threading models, such as Apartment Model Threading, to try and improve performance in a multi-user or multi-process environment.

OLE controls (OCX's) or Object Linking and Embedding controls were themselves the successor to VBX controls first introduced by Microsoft to help programmers extend the functionality and features of their Visual Basic program by buying and reusing a VBX control built by another programmer or company, with expertise in a specific area. VBXes were limited to 16 bit usage for example on Windows 3.x, OCXes were available for both 16 bit or 32 bit architectures and began being widely used as people adopted Windows 95, although most people tended to use VBXes on 16-bit systems and OCX controls or OLE components on 32-bit systems for performance reasons. OLE itself was based on earlier work by Microsoft in their Office products to allow data to be exchanged and reused as objects inside other documents or files, such as embedding an Excel spreadsheet in a Word document and updating the content of that Excel spreadsheet for display using Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). Hence the term OLE document, that is still in use today.

OLE was part of the Microsoft COM or Component Object Model, that enabled programmers to reuse software components and services in a logical and object oriented manner. COM was extended and expanded over the years to include DCOM, the Distributed Component Object Model that allowed programmers to call OLE objects or COM objects situated on other computers or servers. COM+ was added to support transaction services using technologies such as Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and this first appeared when Windows 2000 was launched to better support distributed transactions in more complex applications, where higher performance and throughput was required. COM has gradually become a common term used to refer to: COM, DCOM, COM+, OLE and ActiveX technologies in general.

ActiveX components can be created in a variety of object oriented programming languages, but are most commonly created using C++ and the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC), such as: MFC 4.0, MFC 4.2 and MFC 6.0. When VB 5 was released in became possible for a Visual Basic programmer to create an ActiveX component for reuse by other people and whilst most programmers claim that the best ActiveX components were written in Visual C++ or by utilizing the ActiveX Template Library, it did not stop some entrepreneurial developers from Janus Systems writing one of the bestselling ActiveX UI controls of all time in VB5 and VB6, called Janus GridEx, a VB6 ActiveX, that gives the look and feel of the Microsoft Outlook UI inside your app.

ActiveX components and ActiveX controls come with a variety of file extensions such as: .exe, .dll and .ocx and these denote a certain type of usage either in-process as part of your program or app (an ActiveX DLL), or out-of-process as a standalone executable (an ActiveX Exe), as an ActiveX control or OCX control mainly used as a UI control on a form or page. Downloadable ActiveX controls are also packaged as .cab files or Cabinet files. These CAB files are packages of files compressed to take up less space and hence can be downloaded more efficiently over the Internet.

In this ActiveX Component gallery you will find a variety of commercial products that are ActiveX objects or ActiveX controls that people sometime refer to as VB controls or as a VB object, as they are often used within Visual Basic. You will find ActiveX Windows components that allow you to carry out visuals tasks, such as an ActiveX UI control for displaying video or images, an ActiveX image control or a non-Visual ActiveX upload component that will allow you to push a file up onto a server over the Internet using HTTP or FTP protocols.

361. Instrumentation ActiveX Library

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Publisher: Global Majic Software Primary Category: Instrumentation Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX

Provide visual gauges for technical applications. Instrumentation ActiveX Library is a suite of 11 common instrumentation interface controls including Angular Gauge, Knob, LED, Linear Gauge, Numeric LED, Odometer, Percent, Selector Knob, Slider, Strip Chart, and Toggle. Each component gives you full control over instrument properties including scales, captions, tics, etc.
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362. Global Majic LED

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Publisher: Global Majic Software Primary Category: Instrumentation Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX

Incorporate LED-like lights and indicators in your application. Global Majic LED simulates the functionality of a Light-Emitting Diode (LED). You have complete control via property pages, of the LED's size, shape, colors, and bitmaps - even at runtime. Horizontal or vertical arrays of LEDs may be used to display meter levels, DIP switch settings, or to create warning lights in monitoring applications. A built-in timer allows you to control the decay rate.
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363. ExceleTel TeleTools Enterprise

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Publisher: ExceleTel Primary Category: TAPI and Telephony Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / VCL

Add advanced telephony functionality to your applications. TeleTools Enterprise Edition combines the features of all the TeleTools Editions (automated dialer, power dialer, desktop apps, call recording, advanced IVR, voice mail etc) with powerful additional capabilities. Use Enterprise to take advantage of PBX features such as conferencing, supervised transfer, etc. The Enterprise edition also has the most advanced audio capabilities including audio buffering and audio playback features. Enterprise lets you build high-density applications on telephony hardware such as the Dialogic card or your TAPI-compliant PBX.
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364. ExceleTel TeleTools Standard

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Publisher: ExceleTel Primary Category: TAPI and Telephony Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / VCL

Rapidly prototype, build, and deploy telephony applications. TeleTools Standard Edition lets you rapidly develop simple IVR and voicemail systems. Play .wav files and capture DTMF tones to build a complete IVR in record time. Standard supports up to four telephone lines.
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365. ExceleTel TeleTools Express

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Publisher: ExceleTel Primary Category: TAPI and Telephony Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / VCL

Easily add telephony to applications. ExceleTel TeleTools Express Edition can be used to dial directly from your application. TeleTools Express Edition also allows you to capture CallerID, answer calls, and build screen pops. ExceleTel's VCL and ActiveX components support most popular Windows-based development environments. Express is ideal for single line desktop applications.
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366. ActivePatch

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Publisher: Catalyst Development Corporation Primary Category: Automatic Updates Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / DLL

Conserve bandwidth and speed update time for your applications. ActivePatch software development toolkit enables your application to reduce the size of updated files as much as 90%, significantly reducing network load and file download time. Use it to provide automatic updates for your software over the Internet, distribute modified databases over a corporate WAN, or reduce the storage requirements for archived files. ActivePatch does not depend on external tools or complicated batch files and proprietary scripting languages.
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367. Total VB Enterprise Suite

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Publisher: FMS Primary Category: Product Suites Product Type: Component / Add-In / Application / ActiveX OCX

Get a complete component and code library in one package. Total VB Enterprise Suite is the ultimate toolkit for the enterprise development team and includes all of FMS's products for Visual Basic developers. The Suite contains Total Visual CodeTools and Total Visual SourceBook as found in the Total Visual Developer Suite plus these additional products: Total Visual Agent and Total VB Statistics Please see individual product descriptions for more information.
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368. Address 2000 - Web Server

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Publisher: AFD Software Primary Category: Addressing, Postcode and ZipCode Product Type: Component / ActiveX DLL

Standardize address input and printing for a worldwide audience. Address 2000 allows you to accurately capture addresses into your web site or desktop application by presenting input screens that are formatted correctly for over 200 countries. Use it for user registration, contact management and a variety of other applications. Address 2000 also helps insure that international mail reaches its destination by printing labels or envelopes in the required format for each country.
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369. Address 2000 - Intranet and desktop

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Publisher: AFD Software Primary Category: Addressing, Postcode and ZipCode Product Type: Component / ActiveX DLL

Standardize address input and printing for a worldwide audience. Address 2000 allows you to accurately capture addresses into your web site or desktop application by presenting input screens that are formatted correctly for over 200 countries. Use it for user registration, contact management and a variety of other applications. Address 2000 also helps insure that international mail reaches its destination by printing labels or envelopes in the required format for each country.
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370. SkyLight

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Publisher: Skylark Associates Primary Category: Audio, MIDI and Sound Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX

Display QuickTime digital video from within your application. SkyLight provides access to Apple's QuickTime technology within your Visual Basic, MFC or other COM-enabled application; or even on a web page. Load and play digital video with full control, play sound files and load images in dozens of different formats, and display virtual-reality scenes with QuickTimeVR.
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