Accessing a client machine printer from a Web app using ActiveX object

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I need to Access a printer which is connected to the client computer from my web application.
Technology :MVC3, language: C#.
And we did that using an activeX object. Unfortunately it is not working with google chrome browser. But is working fine with IE versions.
Do any one know why this activeX object which is working fine with IE7,8,9 is not supporting by Chrome.? This is really annoying..

Posted 22-May-12 23:27pm

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Pablo Aliskevicius · Answer 1 · 2012-05-23T04:33:00

ActiveX, like VBScript, is a Microsoft-only technology. It won't work on Chrome, or Firefox, or Safari on Windows: it won't work on any browser in iOS, Mac OS-X, Linux, Unix, Android, ...

I'd suggest you open Chrome in any web page, press Ctrl-P (you'll see the print preview page), and start right-clicking and analyzing the source of the page. Look for "SystemDialogOption".

Hope this helps,

Pablo.