Mozilla ActiveX Project Updated for Firefox 1.0

Wouldn't it be great if the Mozilla browser engine were an Active control that could be embedded as in applications? Wouldn't it be great if the Mozilla control used the same API as the Internet Explorer control?
The aim of the Mozilla ActiveX Control project is to be both of these things.

The ActiveX plugin has been updated to work with Firefox 1.0 for Windows. Please don't install this on any other version of Firefox. This version only runs on Firefox 1.0 on Windows and not 0.9, 1.0.1, 1.1 or any other number or platform. You have been warned! Note that unlike previous versions of the control, this one ships in a whitelist mode. I.e, it only supports the Windows Media Player control by default and nothing else. If you you want to enable other controls, or to switch a blacklist mode (at your own risk), refer to the plugin page and the notes concerning the activex.js policy file. This change has been introduced to make the policy consistent with Netscape 7.1/7.2 and to prevent crashes that have been observed with certain 3rd party controls.

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November 19, 2004 11:53 AM | Posted in Mozilla

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(Argh, I have returns here to make this more readable but they're getting stripped!!)

All of these plug-in and activex projects confused me. So I scanned it over, and I think this is a good summary of what these are. There are 3 things discussed on that site. Number 2 is the one that was recently updated for Firefox 1.0 only. Correct me if I have any of this wrong?

1) Mozilla ActiveX Control. This is for embedding the Mozilla HTML rendering engine in non-Mozilla applications as an ActiveX control. This has nothing to do with the application Firefox, only with the more general Mozilla HTML rendering engine. (The version tied to the Suite version)

2) Plug-in For Hosting ActiveX controls. This a Netscape/Mozilla plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox to make ActiveX controls work in Mozilla/Firefox. This is the one that looks like it might make Mozilla/Firefox inherit the security problems of ActiveX.

3) ActiveX Control For Hosting Plug-ins. This an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer to make Netscape/Mozilla plug-ins work in Internet Explorer. (Because Microsoft removed this capability in recent versions of IE)

Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 02:25 PM | Permalink

(Argh, I have returns here to make this more readable but they're getting stripped!!)

All of these plug-in and activex projects confused me. So I scanned it over, and I think this is a good summary of what these are. There are 3 things discussed on that site. Number 2 is the one that was recently updated for Firefox 1.0 only. Correct me if I have any of this wrong?

1) Mozilla ActiveX Control. This is for embedding the Mozilla HTML rendering engine in non-Mozilla applications as an ActiveX control. This has nothing to do with the application Firefox, only with the more general Mozilla HTML rendering engine. (The version tied to the Suite version)

2) Plug-in For Hosting ActiveX controls. This a Netscape/Mozilla plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox to make ActiveX controls work in Mozilla/Firefox. This is the one that looks like it might make Mozilla/Firefox inherit the security problems of ActiveX.

3) ActiveX Control For Hosting Plug-ins. This an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer to make Netscape/Mozilla plug-ins work in Internet Explorer. (Because Microsoft removed this capability in recent versions of IE)

Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 02:26 PM | Permalink

(Argh, I have returns here to make this more readable but they're getting stripped!!)

All of these plug-in and activex projects confused me. So I scanned it over, and I think this is a good summary of what these are. There are 3 things discussed on that site. Number 2 is the one that was recently updated for Firefox 1.0 only. Correct me if I have any of this wrong?

Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 02:28 PM | Permalink

(Argh, I have returns here to make this more readable but they're getting stripped!!) All of these plug-in and activex projects confused me. So I scanned it over, and I think this is a good summary of what these are. There are 3 things discussed on that site. Number 2 is the one that was recently updated for Firefox 1.0 only. Correct me if I have any of this wrong? 1) Mozilla ActiveX Control. This is for embedding the Mozilla HTML rendering engine in non-Mozilla applications as an ActiveX control. This has nothing to do with the application Firefox, only with the more general Mozilla HTML rendering engine. (The version tied to the Suite version) 2) Plug-in For Hosting ActiveX controls. This a Netscape/Mozilla plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox to make ActiveX controls work in Mozilla/Firefox. This is the one that looks like it might make Mozilla/Firefox inherit the security problems of ActiveX. 3) ActiveX Control For Hosting Plug-ins. This an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer to make Netscape/Mozilla plug-ins work in Internet Explorer. (Because Microsoft removed this capability in recent versions of IE)

Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 02:29 PM | Permalink

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Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 02:29 PM | Permalink

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Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 02:30 PM | Permalink

(Argh, I have returns here to make this more readable but they're getting stripped!!) All of these plug-in and activex projects confused me. So I scanned it over, and I think this is a good summary of what these are. There are 3 things discussed on that site. Number 2 is the one that was recently updated for Firefox 1.0 only. Correct me if I have any of this wrong? 1) Mozilla ActiveX Control. This is for embedding the Mozilla HTML rendering engine in non-Mozilla applications as an ActiveX control. This has nothing to do with the application Firefox, only with the more general Mozilla HTML rendering engine. (The version tied to the Suite version) 2) Plug-in For Hosting ActiveX controls. This a Netscape/Mozilla plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox to make ActiveX controls work in Mozilla/Firefox. This is the one that looks like it might make Mozilla/Firefox inherit the security problems of ActiveX. 3) ActiveX Control For Hosting Plug-ins. This an ActiveX control for Internet Explorer to make Netscape/Mozilla plug-ins work in Internet Explorer. (Because Microsoft removed this capability in recent versions of IE)

Comment by pepp5 at November 19, 2004 03:45 PM | Permalink

Comment system working again? I'm almost scared to post this very comment here. Feel free to delete every comment from me after my first one on this post, only the one neatly formatted is worth keeping. - pepp

Comment by pepp5 at November 20, 2004 09:43 AM | Permalink

I tried it, but still FF will not create the GeckoActiveXObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")

Any advice here?

Comment by mik789 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 21, 2004 10:59 AM | Permalink

I had a small amount of time at work today, and I was wondering about whether anybody had managed to create a method for ActiveX controls to work in Mozilla Firefox.

I'm fully aware that ActiveX is a Microsoft proprietary system, and many peop...

Site icon TrackBack from Firefox and ActiveX at February 9, 2005 11:03 PM | Permalink

do u have the plug in for 1.0.1 version please

Comment by Piyush Datta at March 4, 2005 12:26 PM | Permalink

has anyone tried out MeadCo's Neptune plugin? http://www.meadroid.com/neptune/about.htm

use it to "[e]mbed full Internet Explorer functionality Mozilla, Opera and Netscape browsers running on any windows platform with IE 4.0+ componentry available".

Comment by david at May 3, 2005 06:46 PM | Permalink

There's an ActiveX extension for Firefox 3.0: http://code.google.com/p/ff-activex-host/

Site icon Comment by orip at January 1, 2009 01:12 PM | Permalink

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