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ActiveX Documents - Distributing

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Distributing

Distribution of the UserDocument is rather hard. Once you upload all of the files generated by setup to the server, and the loading page, you're done. (HEHE, had you going didn't I?) Actually, distribution is very easy. The loading page you wrote along with the cab file does all the work. If the user needs a certain runtime, or OCX, the cab file tells the browser to download it from Microsoft, and automatically sets it up for the user. It's simple, just the way it should be. Now, when you update, and recompile the project. Upload all of those files again. The only thing you need to change is the version number in the Object tag of the loading page, to what the new version number is, say 1.0.0.0 to 1.0.1.0 (VB only uses three numbers in it's version, so the last one is always 0). If the user doesn't have the most current version, the browser gets it for them, along with any new or changed runtimes. Well that's about it for distributing this thing. So I'll wrap it up on the next page.

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  • it's wonderfull tour

    Posted by Maxpress Team on 24 Feb 2003

    thank you for this tour , it easy , and provide good knowlege for activeX Documnet
    i need to include a form in activeX documnet project
    and i want this form to change the background color for the a...

  • Very nicely written

    Posted by Ishay2b on 13 Mar 2002

    Thanks for the tour, it gave some good pointes.
    I might add that a bit of more code can do well to us newbeis.
    I.