Posted by Mark Parnell on 11/29/05 23:50

In our last episode, Chris Lieb <chris.lieb@gmail.com> pronounced to
alt.html:

> For the computers on our intranet, IE is set to allow all ActiveX
> controls.

Set to allow all ActiveX controls within the Intranet - not on the
Internet, presumably.

> As far as I know,
> only ActiveX can read data straight out of a COM port,

I couldn't advise on that. I have a suspicion that Richard (rf) could
though if he's around...Richard? Richard? RICHARD?

Damn, he must have had too much rum&coke again.

> I won't have to support any browsers other than IE6,

Until management decide it's time to upgrade to a modern browser.

> so my use of
> ActiveX should not cause any problems.

For now.

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Mark Parnell
http://clarkecomputers.com.au

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