Active X Question

[Guest]

When I get a "good" e-mail joke forwarded to me I some times save it in a
"jokes" folder. Often it contains many ">>>" because it has been forwarded
many times and has line breaks in the wrong places etc. To tidy it up I
copy and paste it into an MS Word document, clean it up and save it as a Word
document.

Today I did that, but when I went to copy and paste the cleaned up Word
document back into a fresh e-mail I got the "Document contains Active-X
Controls which will not be pasted, so text may not appear as copied" .
Normally I just ignore the warning because the text always pastes just fine
with the correct formatting.

Today I got thinking about it (which is always dangerous for me to do) and
so have a question.

Are the active x- controls simply a function of the latest versions of MS
Word, OR were there active-x controls in the joke that I copied and pasted
out of an e-mail ??? The e-mail was simple text with no pictures or
animations.

 

[Guest]

Hi Smith -

I'm no expert, but since nobody else has responded, I'll share what little I
do know (or think).

First, ActiveX is not new by any means. In fact, my understanding is that
ActiveX is actually on the way out.

These are pre-defined elements with modifyable properties that can be called
into a variety of application files without having to be a programmer. They
include such things as Option Buttons, Check Boxes, Text Boxes, Combo Boxes
('drop-down lists'), Calendars, etc.

Based on your description, I would tend to think that somewhere along the
line an ActiveX control was a part of the content you received & still
carries some type of demarcation although only the content of the former
control has been carried forward as text.

Regards |:>)