ActiveX

ActiveX

Microsoft’s ActiveX is a programming language used for creating
Windows applets. Applets are compiled, executable binary programs,
which can roughly perform the actions similar to those of a Windows
application within a browser, such as :
• Viewing Microsoft Word and Excel files.
• Invoking VBScript programs
• Manipulating items on a computer including display, files, hard
drive content and CPU activity.
ActiveX is mainly used in Web pages to provide animation and
interaction that occur on the user's PC. ActiveX applets can be links
from:
• HTML files and mark-up tags.
• Text.
• Graphics.

• Audio.
• CGI scripts.
• Other Web pages and Java applets.
As with any executable content, security concerns have to be raised.