Active X Controls

[vbGansta]

Hi there!!

Is it possible to use an ActiveX.ocx control created with VB6 in ASP.NET? I
can load it as a component, but the IDE will not recognize what it is. Any
suggestions or links would be awesome.

Joe

 

[Keith]

Well, you're not going to be able to treat your ActiveX
control like a part of the environment as you would in a
standard VB/VB.Net application that has local access to
it. Remember, web-based ActiveX controls run client-side
on the browser and only client-side script can access the
properties, methods and events.

Bottom line, ActiveX controls are not a good design
choice because they only will work in environments that
you have a great level of control over. This often
requires you to sign the control, and then make sure your
users trust it and set their security levels to allow
them.

I would seriously reconsider the use of an ActiveX
control. Java applets are cursed in the same fashion as
people just don't want to download and trust something of
this nature.