ActiveX issues

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm not sure this is the right place to post this, but hopefully somebody
can point me in the right direction.

I wrote a fairly simple ActiveX control in VB6 and added it to my html page
using Frontpage. When deployed, it works fine on most machines but on 1 out
of 3 or 4 machines IE crashes.

On 2 machines I have the same version of Frontpage (2002 sp2), IE
(6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633(Q867801)) and windows (xp sp1), all IE
settings identical, all dependency files identical, and yet one works and one
doesn't.

On the machine that works, if I open Frontpage and add the activeX control
to a new html doc I can see the activeX control. On the machine that
doesn't work, if I open Frontpage and add the activeX control to a new html
doc I can't see the activeX control (I see the Frontpage activeX symbol).

The object tag looks something like this:
<object classid="clsid:[myclassid]" id="MyActiveXid">

Any thoughts on why it might not be working on the one machine? Any thoughts
on further tests I can do to try to solve this? Any other forums you could
suggest that might be able to help me with my object?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Mike

 

[Ronx]

Which doesn't work - xpsp2 or xpsp1?

Ron

 

[Kevin Spencer]

If it's an unsigned ActiveX control, you may be bumping up against Windows
XP Service Pack 2. Have you checked to see whether it was installed?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Could be all kinds of things. An ActiveX control is an executable. It could
also be an OS configuration issue, depending again upon what the ActiveX
control does, and/or the browser. Could be the user who is currently logged
on not having the necessary privileges. Could be a virus, spyware, or
adware. IOW, you have your work cut out for you.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living

It's an unsigned control. Windows xp sp1, Office xp sp2.

- It works fine on most machines with windows xp sp1
- 1/4 machines with xp sp1 it does not work
- It works on a windows xp sp2 machine
- Upgraded non-working sp1 to sp2, still not working on that machine
- All Office xp sp2

Any guesses?

If it's an unsigned ActiveX control, you may be bumping up against Windows
XP Service Pack 2. Have you checked to see whether it was installed?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

Hi,

I'm not sure this is the right place to post this, but hopefully somebody
can point me in the right direction.

I wrote a fairly simple ActiveX control in VB6 and added it to my html page
using Frontpage. When deployed, it works fine on most machines but on

1
out

of 3 or 4 machines IE crashes.

On 2 machines I have the same version of Frontpage (2002 sp2), IE
(6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633(Q867801)) and windows (xp sp1), all IE
settings identical, all dependency files identical, and yet one works

and
one

doesn't.

On the machine that works, if I open Frontpage and add the activeX control
to a new html doc I can see the activeX control. On the machine that
doesn't work, if I open Frontpage and add the activeX control to a new html
doc I can't see the activeX control (I see the Frontpage activeX symbol).

The object tag looks something like this:
<object classid="clsid:[myclassid]" id="MyActiveXid">

Any thoughts on why it might not be working on the one machine? Any thoughts
on further tests I can do to try to solve this? Any other forums you could
suggest that might be able to help me with my object?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Mike