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Active Technology Topics

OverviewHow Do I

Active technologies (formerly called ActiveX) use the Component Object Model (COM) to enable software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language with which they were created. Active technologies can be used to create applications that run on the desktop or the Internet.

Active technologies include both client and server technologies, including the following:

For a discussion of what is still called OLE versus what is now called Active technology, see OLE Topics.

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Sample Programs

  • The sample illustrates the implementation of an Active document container application.

  • The sample illustrates the use of Active interfaces to provide Active documents.