R – Non-Admin registration of ActiveX Controls

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according to Non-Admin ActiveX Controls, it is possible to register activeX under current user (that will not require admin right during the installation).
I have crated ATL project (VS2008, native) and added some ATL Control that does nothing.

I created an inf file:

    [version]
    signature="$CHICAGO$"
    AdvancedINF=2.0

[Add.Code]
     Batman.dll=Batman.dll

[Deployment]
    InstallScope=user

[Batman.dll]
    file-win32-x86=thiscab
    clsid={2C10EC82-2BF3-4ED5-8AFC-E5146C672B3D}
    FileVersion=1,0,0,1
    RegisterServer=yes

Add both the dll and inf into CAB and signed it.
I load an ActiveX from simple html page

<OBJECT ID="sampleControl" CLASSID="CLSID:2C10EC82-2BF3-4ED5-8AFC-E5146C672B3D" CODEBASE="Batman.cab#Version=1,0,0,1"></OBJECT>

And it does not register it under current user anyhow.

I case I specify InstallScope=machine there is not problem the activeX is loaded.

Any idea what should be done ?

Thanks

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I encounter the same problem, but the strangest part is, it's ok with Apache Server while not with Tomcat Server.

Finally, I found it also related to Web Server setting.

Your Web Server MUST support correct mime type mapping. If you test with Tomcat, add following to web.xml:

<mime-mapping>
    <extension>cab</extension>
    <mime-type>application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed</mime-type>
</mime-mapping>

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I was able to make this work both via IE and vbscript by doing the following:

Create .NET class library named 'ActiveXTest'

Add a class named MyObject which is defined as follows:

namespace ActiveXTest
{
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ProgId("ActiveXTest.MyObject")]
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("df2dac4d-ba8a-4ecc-b76e-958c1bc32f1f")]
    public class MyObject
    {
        public string HelloWorld()
        {
            return "This is Hello World from the COM component!";
        }
    }
}

Compile the class. Go to the folder where you compiled the class and do the following from a Visual Studio command prompt: regasm /codebase ActiveXTest.dll
To test from a .vbs script, create a file in notepad call test.vbs. type the following into the file:
```
Dim myObject
set myObject = CreateObject("ActiveXTest.MyObject")
MsgBox(myObject.HelloWorld)
```

Open a command prompt and navigate to where where you created the Test.vbs and type: wscript test.vbs. A dialog should be displayed stating "This is Hellow World from the COM component"

To test this from IE, I created a TEST.HTML file with the following contents:

<HTML>
    <HEAD>
        <script language="JScript" language="JavaScript">
          var obj = new ActiveXObject("ActiveXTest.MyObject");
          alert(obj.HelloWorld());          
        </script>
    </HEAD>

   <body>
       <span>nothing to see here!</span>
   <body>
</HTML>

Open the TEST.HTML file in IE. You will get a warning about the ActiveX control; just say Yes to allow the interaction. You will get an alert dialog stating "This is Hello World from the COM Component".

Similar steps can be used to make it work from a .js file or from Excel VBA. Note that if you change the COM method signature of the ActiveX assembly I believe you will need to re-register it.

ActiveX controls not working in IE8

check this link and also you have to check folllowing

under the Scripting enable the Active Scripting. Go to privacy tab Disable pop Up blocker.

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