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how to create activeX object?

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2010-09-09 00:02:16
Zhe Toralf
Registered: Sep 6 2010
Posts: 3

Its pretty much all in the title, I need to access an activeX component via JavaScript and i don't know how to do it. I tried:

var dmObj = new ActiveXObject(ObjectName);

but i get an error message. Google does not like me too, cause all i can find is activeX access of pfd's through IE, and that's not what i need.

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2010-09-09 10:06:33
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
This forum is for questions on Acrobat JavaScript. And in Acrobat JavaScript you cannot access an ActiveX object.

Actually you can't do this directly in HTML JS either because HTML is platform independent. How exactly is this HTML supposed to render in Safari? You need to do it indirectly through the Object tag.


Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
[url=http://www.pdfScripting.com]pdfscripting.com[/url]

The Acrobat JavaScript Reference, Use it Early and Often
[url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.php[/url]

Then most important JavaScript Development tool in Acrobat
[url=http://www.pdfscripting.com/public/34.cfm#JSIntro][b]The Console Window (Video tutorial)[/b][/url]
[url=http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/2006/javascript_console][b]The Console Window(article)[/b][/url]

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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