windows controls in HTML

[Adam Bieganski]

hi all,

I have a windows forms control embedded on an HTML page, like this:

<object id="myCtl" classid="hyperView.dll#hyperView.hV" width=800
height=600></object>

I'm trying to find out these 2 things about it:

1. Is it cached in any way on the client side? (in Temporary Internet Files,
or somewhere else?)
2. Could the control specified in classid be one residing in the client
machine's GAC (and not one residing in the directory the HTML file is on the
web server)?

Any help on this will be appreciated
Thanks in advance,

 

[Alvin Bruney [MVP]]

when you host a a windows control in a browser, upon detecting that the
control is not on the clients unit, it is downloaded to the client and
cached appropriately. The GAC lives on the server, not on the client. What
problems are you trying to solve?

 

[Adam Bieganski]

when you host a a windows control in a browser, upon detecting that the

control is not on the clients unit, it is downloaded to the client and
cached appropriately.

OK, so this answers my question no. 1.
Thanks

The GAC lives on the server, not on the client. What
problems are you trying to solve?

Well, yes, but there is also a GAC in the client machine, isn't there? Since
there is the .NET Frawework installed on the client machine, there is also
the GAC there.
My question is - is it possible to host a control which resides in a DLL in
the CLIENT MACHINE'S GAC on a web site?
In other words - is it possible to use in HTML a control the client's
machine has installed (registered in its GAC)?

Thank you very much for help.
Regards,

 

[Dave Brown]

yes indeed.

OK, so this answers my question no. 1.
Thanks


Well, yes, but there is also a GAC in the client machine, isn't there? Since
there is the .NET Frawework installed on the client machine, there is also
the GAC there.
My question is - is it possible to host a control which resides in a DLL in
the CLIENT MACHINE'S GAC on a web site?
In other words - is it possible to use in HTML a control the client's
machine has installed (registered in its GAC)?

Thank you very much for help.
Regards,

 

[Adam Bieganski]

My question is - is it possible to host a control which

yes indeed.

how? could you please give me an example of the appropriately formed
<object> tag, which would instantiate a control residing in the client's
machine GAC? Of course we assume that the HTML file containing the <object>
tag is on the SERVER machine, and the client only visits it through its
browser.