ActiveX Sourcebook

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ActiveX Sourcebook

Build an ActiveX-based Web site

reviewed by Charlie Morris

ActiveX refers to a family of Web development tools from Microsoft. ActiveX is all about adding interactive features to the Web. It includes new HTML tags, scripting, and techniques for integrating databases and multimedia with Web pages, as well as a conferencing system. This book discusses all the various aspects of ActiveX technology in detail, complete with plenty of examples.
January 30, 1997

Chapters include: The Active Internet Model, which discusses using ActiveX to develop both Web content and Windows applications. Web Site Development and Publishing, which covers FrontPage Editor, Explorer, and Personal Web Server, as well as the Internet Information Server. ActiveX Scripting, which tells how to use Visual Basic Script in Web pages and client-server applications. Exploring ActiveX, which explains how ActiveX relates to Internet Explorer, including sections on the Object tag and the ActiveX Control Pad. DbWeb, a way to integrate database applications with the Web. ActiveX Multimedia , including sections on inline audio and video, RealAudio, ActiveMovie, Shockwave and Java. ActiveX Conferencing Extending Information Server Internet ActiveX Development There is also an appendix about transferRNA.