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A Complete ActiveX Web Control Tutorial

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21 Jun 200617 min read 2M   20.8K   423  
This article is intended to help you get up to speed quickly with developing an ActiveX control. It will show you the basic concepts you need to know about ActiveX, such as methods, properties, and events, and how to communicate between an ActiveX control and a web page.
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