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Larry Webb
I found the following so far.....
ActiveX Controls are programs and can store data in either the registry or the control itself. ActiveX Controls are similar to
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros except that they are compiled to a special file type and can be hosted by
programs that can support them--for example, Microsoft Word 2002 and Microsoft Excel 2002.
To use an ActiveX control, a control link reference is embedded in the Office document. Office programs can only preserve or migrate
ActiveX control link references to new versions of the document if the ActiveX control is activated when the document is opened. A
subsequent save of the document if the ActiveX control is disabled saves a version of the document without the link reference (the
ActiveX control is removed). Sometimes this is not what you want because you must have the control to view some or all the content
of the document.
Not all file formats support ActiveX control linking. Therefore, even if the document is opened with the ActiveX control activated,
it will not save it to formats that do not support ActiveX controls.
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What I can't find out is which file formats DON'T support ActiveX control linking, or HOW exactly to disable ActiveX in WordXP
(2002) so that information is NOT saved when the file is saved. Does anyone know?
Thanks in advance,
Larry W.
ActiveX Controls are programs and can store data in either the registry or the control itself. ActiveX Controls are similar to
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros except that they are compiled to a special file type and can be hosted by
programs that can support them--for example, Microsoft Word 2002 and Microsoft Excel 2002.
To use an ActiveX control, a control link reference is embedded in the Office document. Office programs can only preserve or migrate
ActiveX control link references to new versions of the document if the ActiveX control is activated when the document is opened. A
subsequent save of the document if the ActiveX control is disabled saves a version of the document without the link reference (the
ActiveX control is removed). Sometimes this is not what you want because you must have the control to view some or all the content
of the document.
Not all file formats support ActiveX control linking. Therefore, even if the document is opened with the ActiveX control activated,
it will not save it to formats that do not support ActiveX controls.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What I can't find out is which file formats DON'T support ActiveX control linking, or HOW exactly to disable ActiveX in WordXP
(2002) so that information is NOT saved when the file is saved. Does anyone know?
Thanks in advance,
Larry W.