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4 replies. Latest Post by pbromberg on August 30, 2008.
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gsmlakshmi
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08-29-2008 7:06 AM |
We've an activeX control, which is being used for a MFC based desktop application. This activeX control, takes care of the basic functionalities like, loading a model onto screen, panning, rotating, zooming etc., It uses OpenGL for these functionalities. Can this activeX control be loaded on to a web page that is developed using Silverlight. Does Silvelight support loading of custom activeX controls?
Alexande...
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08-29-2008 8:01 AM |
Silverlight doesn't support ActiveX hosting.
Bill Reiss
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08-29-2008 8:48 AM |
You would have to embed both your ActiveX control and the Silverlight application in the page, and communication if needed, would have to be marshaled through the page using Javascript to bridge between the two.
naveen0495
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08-30-2008 6:36 AM |
Hi
You can defenitely use ActiveX conrols in Silverlight-web applications.
You should know how to use it with html, then you can write the functions to run the Activex in either aspx or html page associated withSL project.
Now you can call javascript functions from the managed code.
HtmlPage.Window.Invoke("fnRecord", "paraString");
where fnRecord is the fn name and paraString is the para name.
Dont forget to mark as answer if it helped You.
Thanks and Regards
Naveen
pbromberg
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08-30-2008 1:06 PM |
naveen0495:You can defenitely use ActiveX conrols in Silverlight-web applications
Not quite "in" Silverlight-web applications. As previously stated, you can host both a Silverlight plug-in app and an ActiveX control on an HTML or ASPX Page and have the two communicate - but you cannot host ActiveX "in" or "inside" a Silverlight app.
ActiveX controls loading in Silverlight