Re: what is Object really for?

> Does anyone out there really use ActiveX or the Object tag?
>

Those of us writing internet applications for intranets where we know what
browser we are writing for, use it all the time! However as netscape does
not adequetly support it, unless you want to go to the effort of browser
sniffing you are better off using some other method to achieve your ends.

frank


Frank Boumphrey
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Shadovitz" <DebShadovitz(at)mac.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:55 AM
Subject: what is Object really for?


> Does anyone out there really use ActiveX or the Object tag?
>
> I know you use object when putting an SWF on a page; GoLive 5 codes that
> automatically and beautifully. But when else and why else does anyone use
> it. I keep hearing that Object is for controls. But what can it control
and
> how do you associate that controller with the item which it is to control?
>
> I'm stuck...
>
> Using GoLive 5, I want to see how to place an ActiveX control. GoLive 5
has
> an Object icon that generates:
>
> <object codebase="(Empty Reference!)" width="100" height="100"></object>
>
> So right away I want to know what goes into:
> object codebase="(Empty Reference!)"
>
> I tried, but could not discover by experimenting.
>
> The GoLive interface is usually great and gives the clues, but oject and
> activex seem out there. From what is there I *think* that you make a
choice
> of how to use the tag.
>
> I think maybe one way is to link that codebase="... to the object you're
> bringing in?
>
> And the other may be lower down where you click a button and get to select
> your control. That brings in the pre-coded objects and (sometimes) renders
> them on screen.
>
> But those are guesses. Can anyone shed light on this for me, please? And
if
> you have a page that uses an ActiveX controller or an Object please point
me
> to it.
>
> Thanks.
>

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