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How to judge whether a browser supports ActiveX?

How to judge whether a browser supports ActiveX?

Some browser like Firefox doens't support ActiveX by default, but can
do it with plugin support. Take Firefox for example, it has a whitelist
(activex.js) of allowed ActiveX. So, "new ActiveXObject" may not be a
good idea. The ActiveX control for test is possibly not in the
whitelist.

Is there any better way to do that?

Jul 20 '06 #1
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mo************@ gmail.com wrote:
How to judge whether a browser supports ActiveX?

Some browser like Firefox doens't support ActiveX by default, but can
do it with plugin support. Take Firefox for example, it has a whitelist
(activex.js) of allowed ActiveX. So, "new ActiveXObject" may not be a
good idea. The ActiveX control for test is possibly not in the
whitelist.

Is there any better way to do that?
Hi,

Just an idea: Why not try to instantiate a new activeX object, with
errorcatching code around it?
That way you don't have to worry about all different platforms and browsers.
If it works, good, if it fails, you can fail gracefully because of the
errorcatchingco de.

Regards,
Erwin Moller
Jul 20 '06 #2

Erwin Moller wrote:
mo************@ gmail.com wrote:
How to judge whether a browser supports ActiveX?

Some browser like Firefox doens't support ActiveX by default, but can
do it with plugin support. Take Firefox for example, it has a whitelist
(activex.js) of allowed ActiveX. So, "new ActiveXObject" may not be a
good idea. The ActiveX control for test is possibly not in the
whitelist.

Is there any better way to do that?

Hi,

Just an idea: Why not try to instantiate a new activeX object, with
errorcatching code around it?
That way you don't have to worry about all different platforms and browsers.
If it works, good, if it fails, you can fail gracefully because of the
errorcatchingco de.

Regards,
Erwin Moller
Jul 20 '06 #3

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