| 31. | In Visual FoxPro, The ActiveDoc Base Class supports development for ActiveX document servers.
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| 32. | :It's an ActiveX plug-in to run a WMV file.
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| 33. | ActiveX was based on a number of technologies Microsoft had already developed for Windows.
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| 34. | But ActiveX controls can be written in any of the standard languages programmers already use.
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| 35. | ActiveX controls, like Java components, function as a bridge between content and browser.
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| 36. | But ActiveX works only on Windows computers.
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| 37. | Microsoft says it's working hard to make ActiveX compatible with other computer systems.
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| 38. | You can also publish presentations to the Web, converting PowerPoint animations to ActiveX applications.
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| 39. | ActiveX lets people attach computer programs, much like Java applets, to Web pages.
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| 40. | However, up until now ActiveX has been restricted to the world of Microsoft Windows.
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