Re: difference between a .dll and .ocx????

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Scott M. wrote:
"Milosz Skalecki" <mily242@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Howdy Scott,

My point was sentence written by you:
"ActiveX is just a specific type of COM interface." which i
disagreed. From
architectural point of view, COM, OLE, ActiveX objects have to only
implement
IUnknown interface. It's not a specific or special type of COM
interface it's
just another name for the same technology. See Microsoft spec:

But hold on a sec. ActiveX (and OLE) are specific types of COM
libraries. You can't very well say that all COM libraries are ActiveX.

It's nearly true. MSFT re-defined exactly what an Active-X control a few
times with the final defintion being basically "any self-registering
in-process COM server".

-cd


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