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Excel Error 406 when using both VBA and ActiveX addins.

My Excel addin (XLL AddIn, call it MyAddIn) is built with C#, ExcelDNA, NetOffice, VS2010. Client has another addin (let's call it B), I guess it is written in VBA. Client says B works fine without MyAddIn. Once MyAddIn is installed, B fails with…
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How to write an EXE which is also a COM Server in Delphi

I have a Delphi (2007) application which is just a standard exe, and I would like to add a COM interface to it. I already have a COM dll which exports several COM objects and this is working perfectly. However when I attempted to insert the COM…
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Can any currently supported Microsoft language create an Active X EXE?

I have a 3rd party legacy app that requires a VB6 Active X EXE library interface. I am looking to update the VB6 Active X EXE library to a currently supported language. As the legacy host application is from a 3rd party I do not have the ability…
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VB6 Multiple Instances of ActiveX Object

In VB6 (due to client requirements), I need to be able to execute multiple instances of an ActiveX EXE that I wrote to download files to multiple units via RS232. I have developed a test application that, I think mirrors what I need to do. First,…
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Running a non-thread-safe dll in a multithreading windows http server

I need to encapsulate a VB6 application as a COM object that will be called by IIS. One of the dlls used by the VB6 app is NOT thread-safe. How can I make sure that whenever my COM object is called it doesn't share the same dll with other instances…
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Can I dockerize Activex exe which has GUI?

I am now working on a Dockerization of a legacy system which has ActiveX-exe, I didn't start on the dockerization yet, but while I am studying the application and its behavior using lisdlls in sysinternals, I found this line C:\Program…
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How to write a COM EXE for Win32 using Tcl and TclApp?

I would like to think it possible to use TclApp to create a Win32 EXE that could be used as COM server EXE. Has anyone tried this, or is it too horrible an idea to seriously consider? Basically, I want to do in Tcl what I can already do using…
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Simulating SideBySide for Out of Process ActiveX

We are adapting our client side relatively complicated application (ActiveX / .net / Delphi / C++ / COM ) to use SxS to achieve non admin deployment and isolation from older versions of our product. We were able to achieve this goal for almost all…
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Run .exe from JavaScript cross-browser

I know how to run an .exe using ActiveX, but that is Internet Explorer only, and I also know how with .hta, but that has to be installed/used as an application. This doesn't have to be online: actually I'd prefer this locally. This doesn't have to…
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PowerPoint printing using activex control

We have written an ActiveX control using C# to use it in Microsoft PowerPoint. The control has following Title: 'Test Viewer'. When I place the control in PowerPoint in edit mode, I see the title in control. But when I print the slide, it show me…
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If I have multiple apps accessing the internet through one ActiveX EXE will just the ActiveX need Firewall persmission?

Here's one for a firewall expert: If I have an ActiveX EXE (created in VB6) and use that for several other VB6 apps to access the internet, will I need to only get permission from the Firewall (if it blocks the access) for just the ActiveX EXE, or…
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API Equivalent of running SomeActiveX.Exe /regserver

I need to register an ActiveX exe programmatically and Shell(SomeActiveX.Exe /regserver) is not sufficient. Is anyone aware of an API equivalent?
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What is the Best Practice for converting a vb6 standard exe to a activex exe?

i have a legacy massive vb6 editor with plenty of 3rd party libraries and controls and recently there is a need to set it up to make it multi thread so i can run a few other forms independently from the main editor form. Basically there's minimum…
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Error instantiating class after converting from VB6 DLL to VB6 ActiveX EXE

I have a VB6 DLL that's been working fine for many years and many versions. It is used from an Excel add-in. To make it compatible with 64-bit Excel, I want to convert it to a VB6 ActiveX EXE. I did so, but now when I try to instantiate it from the…
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How to have several instances of VB6 Exe ActiveX in task manager

I made a VB6 EXE ActiveX that is used by a windows service and I would like to know if there any possibility to have several processes of this exe simultaneously in task manager ? For example, we use AltovaXML_COM.exe to perform XSL transformation…
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