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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. Codejock Xtreme Command Bars Visual C++ MFC

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Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: Toolbar / Menu / Ribbon Product Type: Component / DLL / VC++ Class Library / Static Link Library

Provides Windows GUI engineers with all the components needed to create Microsoft Office XP style toolbars and menus with enhanced docking algorithms. Codejock Software's Xtreme CommandBars provides Windows developers with comprehensive, fully customizable menus and toolbars giving your application a professional and modern interface with sophisticated Office style command bars and One Note style MDI tab windows. The framework fully supports menu and toolbar customization to give you more control over your applications workspace. Xtreme CommandBars comes with built in theme support that will allow you to choose from predefined themes such as Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2010, Visual Studio .NET, Visual Studio 2005, or create your own custom theme.
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2. Codejock Xtreme Command Bars ActiveX

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Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: Toolbar / Menu / Ribbon Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX EXE / ActiveX DLL / DLL / VB Class Library / ActiveX Designer

Provides Windows GUI engineers with all the components needed to create Microsoft Office XP style toolbars and menus with enhanced docking algorithms. Codejock Software's Xtreme CommandBars provides Windows developers with comprehensive, fully customizable menus and toolbars giving your application a professional and modern interface with sophisticated Office style command bars and One Note style MDI tab windows. The framework fully supports menu and toolbar customization to give you more control over your applications workspace. Xtreme CommandBars comes with built in theme support that will allow you to choose from predefined themes such as Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2010, Visual Studio .NET, Visual Studio 2005 or create your own custom theme.
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3. Codejock Xtreme Suite Pro  Average Review: based on 4 reviews

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Publisher: Codejock Software  Primary Category: Product Suites  Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX EXE / ActiveX DLL / DLL / VB Class Library / ActiveX Designer

Give your application a professional, modern appearance with toolbars, menus, docking, property grid, reporting and calendar functionality. Codejock Xtreme SuitePro provides Windows developers with a sophisticated set of components to give your application a professional, modern appearance. Xtreme Suite Pro combines seven components, Xtreme Controls, Xtreme CommandBars, Xtreme Docking Pane, Xtreme Property Grid, Xtreme Report Control, Xtreme Chart Pro, Xtreme Calendar, Xtreme ShortcutBar, Xtreme SyntaxEdit, Xtreme Skinframework, and Xtreme Task Panel. With Xtreme Suite Pro you can create enterprise class applications that incorporate a full set of highly customizable user interface components that include Microsoft Office style toolbars and menus. Several popular visual styles are included such as Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2010 and Visual Studio .NET.
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4. Codejock Xtreme Skin Framework Bundle Visual C++ MFC

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Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / DLL / VC++ Class Library / Static Link Library

Create Microsoft Office and Ribbon style toolbars and menus with enhanced docking algorithms and completely skin every part of an application. Codejock Xtreme SkinFramework Bundle combines two of Codejock Software's most popular products, Xtreme CommandBars and Xtreme SkinFramework. Xtreme SkinFramework will completely skin every part of an application with today's most popular themes including Windows XP and Windows Vista themes. The Xtreme CommandBars provides Microsoft style toolbars, Ribbon bar, menus, pop-ups, tabbed MDI interface, status bar, and much more which can all be skinned using the Xtreme SkinFramework Bundle.
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5. Codejock Xtreme Skin Framework Bundle ActiveX

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Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX EXE / ActiveX DLL / DLL / VB Class Library / ActiveX Designer

Create Microsoft Office and Ribbon style toolbars and menus with enhanced docking algorithms and completely skin every part of an application. Codejock Xtreme SkinFramework Bundle combines two of Codejock Software's most popular products, Xtreme CommandBars and Xtreme SkinFramework. Xtreme SkinFramework will completely skin every part of an application with today's most popular themes including Windows XP and Windows Vista themes. The Xtreme CommandBars provides Microsoft style toolbars, Ribbon bar, menus, pop-ups, tabbed MDI interface, status bar, and much more which can all be skinned using the Xtreme SkinFramework Bundle.
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6. BCGControlBar Library Professional Edition MFC (BCGControlBar Professional)

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Publisher: BCGSoft Primary Category: Product Suites Product Type: Component / DLL / VC++ Class Library / Source Code / Static Link Library

Create applications with a user interface similar to Microsoft Office 2007 / XP / 2003 / 2007/ 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) and other well-known products. BCGControlBar Library Professional (BCGControlBar Pro MFC) is an MFC extension library with more than 200 well designed, tested and fully documented MFC extension classes such as toolbars, menus, controls as well as customization and visualization, that can be incorporated into your application to add Office like and Microsoft Visual Studio like UI. BCGControlBar Library Professional (BCGControlBar Pro MFC) offers Office 2010 look and feel, Office 2007 (Office 12) style with Ribbon control, skinned interface, Vista Aero, Gantt and more. BCGControlBar Library Professional License includes Source Code and a free one year subscription that entitles you to e-mail technical support, patches and upgrades.
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7. Component Toolbox

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Publisher: DBI Technologies Primary Category: User Interface Collections Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / COM Add-in for Office 2000

Add expanded functionality with this robust collection of 53 components. Component Toolbox OCX contains 53 licensed 32-bit OCX/ActiveX components for Outlook-style menus, enhanced tree view, advanced list box, calendars, edit controls, buttons, sliders, gauges, and much more. Speed time to market by using these fully documented (including dedicated help files for each component), and time-tested components.
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1. Codejock Xtreme Command Bars Visual C++ MFC

Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: Toolbar / Menu / Ribbon Product Type: Component / DLL / VC++ Class Library / Static Link Library

2. Codejock Xtreme Command Bars ActiveX

Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: Toolbar / Menu / Ribbon Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX EXE / ActiveX DLL / DLL / VB Class Library / ActiveX Designer

3. Codejock Xtreme Suite Pro Average Review: based on 4 reviews

Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: Product Suites Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX EXE / ActiveX DLL / DLL / VB Class Library / ActiveX Designer

4. Codejock Xtreme Skin Framework Bundle Visual C++ MFC

Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / DLL / VC++ Class Library / Static Link Library

5. Codejock Xtreme Skin Framework Bundle ActiveX

Publisher: Codejock Software Primary Category: User Interface Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / ActiveX EXE / ActiveX DLL / DLL / VB Class Library / ActiveX Designer

6. BCGControlBar Library Professional Edition MFC (BCGControlBar Professional)

Publisher: BCGSoft Primary Category: Product Suites Product Type: Component / DLL / VC++ Class Library / Source Code / Static Link Library

7. Component Toolbox

Publisher: DBI Technologies Primary Category: User Interface Collections Product Type: Component / ActiveX OCX / COM Add-in for Office 2000

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