Ways to use ActiveX controls

There are thousands of ActiveX controls and the list keeps growing. In fact, there is probably a collection of them on your system and you aren’t even aware of it.

RoboHELP provides several design-time ActiveX controls. Some of these controls include Related Topics, ALinks, Keyword Links, Splash Screens, and WinHelp Topic controls.

You can use other ActiveX controls as well. If you design Web and intranet content, you might already know about the kinds of ActiveX controls you want to use with projects. You can also do a little research by visiting sites on the Internet to find ActiveX controls that are useful for your projects.

Some of the more popular ActiveX controls you might want to consider include:

Note: You can insert any ActiveX control that is registered on your system into topics in your projects. If you want to add other ActiveX controls, you need to install and register the ActiveX control on your system first. Then, you can use it in your projects. For further information, see Registering ActiveX controls.