The initial need of Active X derived from the demand of the Web designers who wanted more interactive web pages.
Active X consisits of active controls and active documents bringing together the technology that allows programs work together. Since the time the internet came on-line, many users complained that the web pages are too static and very passive in the way of interactivity. So what is Active X? Active X is a downloadable program that allow user to do many things. The ActiveX technologies have become an essential part of Microsoft applications and tools they are finding their way into Microsoft operating systems.Īll ActiveX Technologies are built using Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM).But the obvious next step-defining ActiveX to encompass all COM based technologies-is wrong.īut didn't ActiveX grow out of Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)? In fact, wasn't ActiveX just a new name for what once called OLE? The answer to both the questions is 'Well, sort of' If you use a Computer, Microsoft's ActiveX is probably part of your life. By the End of this document, we arrive at a conclusion of using the better Technology. This document shows a Comparison study of web pages using simple ASP and Pages using ActiveX Controls.
