activeX plugin problem

[blackadder63]

Using FrontPage as my editor I am teaching myself html using a book plus web
based example files. Utilising 'view and source' I have copied and pasted the
complete code an html example file into F.P. This file contains a video clip
using activeX controls. Viewing the file from source and on the net it
performs ok, no problem with activeX. When I attemt to view the imported file
as directed via 'web preview' the result is a warning 'Plugin was found but
an error in the plugin has occured' resulting in the video clip not running.
Source isbn 0-321-42333-x example ref page 294..and other consecutive pages.

 

[Tom Willett]

There are many, many books written for FP, and you didn't name the book
you're using. It's a long shot that anyone that lurks in this newsgroup has
read the same book ;-)

 

[blackadder63]

Hello Tom. Thanks for replying, I've saved the site and will look in detail
later. What I was looking for is...is there a problem with F.P and activeX?

 

[Tom Willett]

ActiveX

Internet Explorer ActiveX update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945

Active X/Java Programming Issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912812

A Web page that contains a custom ActiveX control may not load as
expected in Internet Explorer due to defense in depth changes introduced in
cumulative security update 896688 (MS05-052)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;909738

 

[blackadder63]

This looks like what I need, cheers Tom. I am regoing through the tutorial
book that I have and I'm sure it worked the first time I tried it. Since
then a security update affecting activeX has occurred. All I need to do now
is find my 'clever head' and read through the articles carefully. The
difference seems to me to be either the intanet or intranet. When on line I
open the file from Elizabeth Castro's examples the active X works, when I
download the file and try to view it in web-preview it fails. Would that
indicate that if I made up a web-page containing the code as is in the
example, put it on line as a web page, although I would not be able to view
as web-preview a third party using the web would be able to see it?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Other users viewing your site may or may not see it, you have no control of this even if you get to
work for you.

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[blackadder63]

Hello Thomas.
Thanks for your reply, I am vaguely aware that different browsers can
sometimes give varying results. Ideally, I would like to see what I'm
attempting to produce, and also be satisfied that my efforts are reaching a
maximum audience with the minimum of fuss.