Fath Software / ActiveX Components (ActiveX Controls, COM Objects & OLE Objects)

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Fath Software has developed quality ActiveX and .NET components for multimedia and communication applications since 1999. Fath Software products allow developers to easily add access to digital video capture cards, scanners, and cameras to their applications, scan barcodes from any scanned or faxed image and more.

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.

1. VideoCapX  Average Review: based on 1 review

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Publisher: Fath Software  Primary Category: Multimedia  Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

Add capture, playback and processing to your applications. VideoCapX multimedia ActiveX component allows developers to easily add access to digital video capture cards and cameras to their applications. Whether you are creating a multimedia player, a TiVo or TV tuner app, a Web cam, a networked security application, a photo ID database, an industrial monitoring system, or a medical imaging device, VideoCapX solves your need to grab and save those images and video sequences. Visual Basic .NET, C# , VB 6 and VC++ examples included.

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2. VideoEditX

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Multimedia Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

Edit, join or merge video WMV files. VideoEditX allows you to add/remove/enumerate markets,scripts or attributes in WMV files. VideoEditX can create a new video from clips in different WMV video files, preview timeline without creating a new file, add a logo/text on a video, grab video frames and more. VideoEditX includes samples for both Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET.
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3. BarcodeScanX

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Barcodes Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

BarcodeScanX is an ActiveX control used to identify and decode barcodes bitmap images. The image can be loaded from image file or passed directly from memory. Image formats: BMP, PNG, TIF, GIF, JPG, J2K, PCX, etc. Just call Scan method and all barcodes in the image are returned as string data. BarcodeScanX has methods to rotate, invert, crop, mirror and filter images before scanning. BarcodeScanX supports EAN-13, UPC-A, Interleaved2of5, Code39, Code39 Ext., Code 128, EAN-128, ISSN, ISBN, Code11 and Codabar barcode types. BarcodeScanX can be used with VisualBasic6, VisualStudio, C++, C#, VB.NET, MS Access, MS Excel, Delphi, PowerBuilder, Oracle Forms, etc and includes samples for VB6 and VB.NET with source code.
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4. BarcodeX

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Barcodes Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

Add image viewing, printing and conversion to your applications. BarcodeX is a full-featured ActiveX control for generating almost any type of barcode. BarcodeX supported codes include EAN-13, EAN-8, EAN-2, EAN-5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code39, Code39 Ext., Code93, Code 128, EAN-128, ISSN, ISBN, Plessey, Code11, Code25, Code25 Int., Codebar, Code11, PLANET, ITF-14, EAN-14 and even PDF417, DataMatrix 2D bar code. BarcodeX can be bound to a data source for use in a database reports. Barcodes can be exported into bitmaps, metafiles, clipboard. BarcodeX can be used in any Windows container application (e.g. MS Word, MS Access, Visual Basic, VisualStudio .NET, etc.). VB.NET sample program included.
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5. Fath Software All-In-One Package

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Product Suites Product Type: Component / .NET WinForms / .NET Class / ActiveX OCX / DLL

All Fath Software components in a single package. Fath Software All-In-One Package includes all FathSoft COM Technologies and .NET framework components in a single package. Fath Software All-In-One Package features currently include: Multimedia with VideoCapX, Barcode creation and scanning functionality with BarcodeScanX and BarcodeX.NET, Imaging functionality with ImageX, Mail with FathMaill, Upload with FathFTP and FathFTP for .NET and many more. FathSoft components are compatible with Windows 7, include sample applications, with source code and are also 64-bit compatible.
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6. FathCrypt

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Encryption Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

Add encryption and decryption capabilities to your applications. FathCrypt is an ActiveX control and COM component you can use to encrypt your sensitive data with state-of-the-art 256-bit AES (Rijndael) encryption. FathCrypt also features MD5 / SHA-1 / SHA-2 (up to 512 bits) file or string digest, Diffie-Hellman key-agreement protocol methods and Base64 encode/decode methods. FathCrypt has method to encrypt and decrypt strings or files. You can even encrypt and decrypt files from/to memory. FathCrypt includes VB.NET and VB6 sample programs.

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7. FathFTP

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: File Transfer/Upload Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

A complete FTP file transfer solution. FathFTP is a FTP-client and FTP-server ActiveX/COM component for Windows developers. FathFTP provides your applications with the capability to access FTP servers on the Internet, download and upload files or even continue broken transfers. Since FathFTP has a FTP server build-in, you can also build peer-to-peer applications. FathFTP is a fully compilant COM/ActiveX control you can use in any ActiveX / COM Windows development tools including Visual Basic, MS Access, MS Visual C++, ASP, Windows scripting, etc.
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8. FathZIP

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Zip and Compression Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

Create and manipulate industry-standard zip files. FathZIP is a high-performance data compression COM component for Windows developers. It provides your applications with the capability to create and manipulate industry-standard zip files. FathZIP is a fully compilant COM/ActiveX control you can use in any ActiveX / COM Windows development tools including Visual Basic, MS Access, MS Visual C++, ASP, Windows scripting, etc.

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9. ImageX

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Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Imaging Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

Add image viewing, printing and conversion to your applications. ImageX control easily adds image view, print, create and convert capabilities to your applications. ImageX supported file formats include BMP, DIB, GIF, TIF, PCX, EMF, WMF, PSD and more. ImageX can be used to create an image viewer, to create a full-featured graphics editor application, to acquire/scan images from TWAIN devices or to create windows icons among many uses. C#, VB.NET, VB 6, HTML, ASP, MS Access samples included.
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ActiveX Components (ActiveX Controls, COM Objects & OLE Objects)

1. VideoCapX Average Review: based on 1 review

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Multimedia Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

2. VideoEditX

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Multimedia Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

3. BarcodeScanX

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Barcodes Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

4. BarcodeX

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Barcodes Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

5. Fath Software All-In-One Package

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Product Suites Product Type: Component / .NET WinForms / .NET Class / ActiveX OCX / DLL

6. FathCrypt

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Encryption Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

7. FathFTP

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: File Transfer/Upload Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

8. FathZIP

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Zip and Compression Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

9. ImageX

Publisher: Fath Software Primary Category: Imaging Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX DLL

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