ActiveX SDK Overview
This file contains information about the functions, interfaces, structures, and enumerations included in the ActiveX SDK. It also includes the Internet Server API (ISAPI) specification and information on writing an ISAPI filter.
The accompanying HTML file contains information about the following Microsoft Internet technologies:
· OLE Controls for the Internet: Microsoft's extensible solution for creating objects that can be inserted universally in Web Pages, Visual Basic applications, and various other OLE-enabled documents and applications. Look for information on COM Objects for the Internet, OLE Controls 96, OLE Control and Control Container Guidelines, and Component Categories.
· OLE Documents on the Internet: How to create new document viewers that can be hosted from various OLE Document Object containers such as the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Look for information on Document Objects and Hyperlinks.
· Internet Data Download Services: Microsoft system services for downloading data from the Internet. Look for information on URL Monikers, Asynchronous Monikers, and Persistent Cache API.
· Scripting Services: How to use Visual Basic Script or other scripting languages to add interactive action to web pages through OLE Automation, and how to write a script engine that plugs into the Microsoft Internet Explorer and other OLE scripting-enabled applications. Look for information on Visual Basic Script, the Sweeper Object Model Overview, the Internet Explorer Browser Object Model, and OLE Scripting.
· HTML Standards for Active Content: Working drafts for HTML extensions being designed in cooperation with the W3C consortium. These extensions will support the use of OLE Controls and Visual Basic Script within Web Pages. Look for information on HTML3 and HTML Scripting.
· Palette support in Microsoft Internet Explorer: How Microsoft Internet Explorer will allow web-page authors to specify palettes for HTML pages. Look for information on Palettes and HTML, and Palettes and OLE Controls.
· Internet Server API (ISAPI): How to write server-side scripts and filters to extend the capabilities of Microsoft Internet Information Servers and other ISAPI Web servers. Look for information on ISAPI and ISAPI Filter.
Note: Use the reference section of the HTML file to search for reference information on the various Microsoft Internet technologies listed above. For guide to programming information, refer to the technical specifications.