[thelist] using activeX to load .exe files from a web page

[Charles Wilson (h)]

Kevin, I get a 404 when I use your link..
http://home.netcom.com/~krr/activeXtest/activeXtest.zip

(note: your origional post had a space before activeXtest.zip)

-charles
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Raleigh" <krr at ix.netcom.com>



> I spent considerable time trying to embed my small executable image shows.
> I thought I had everything covered! However I have one problem.
> That is to say, I never tested outside of my HTML editor.
> I use Homesite 4.5 for writting my code. Homesite is setup to use IE 5 for
> use as an internal editor, With this in mind when I tested my
> "slideShow.exe" files I didn't think I needed to test them in my main
> browser window.
> 
> Well live and learn. For some reason the shows work when I test them in the
> Homesite internal browser environment, But they won't run from the External
> browser. "The code you gave me "catch - try" worked great. Again only in the
> internal browser.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what I can do here? I removed the error control
> part of the script to see what it would say and it reports that it can't
> find the file.
> 
> Bizarre -- The internal browser works but the standard browser does not.
> I created a small mock up for test purposes. Can you take a look.
> I need to warn you thou, The file size is 290kb's.
> 
> Included in this zip file are two executables that run a slide show.
> I used the plugin from ACDSee called "FotoAngelo" to create these slide
> shows. Nothing harmful is in there. Of course asking anyone to trust an
> unknown person and run an .executable file is asking allot. But this is the
> same activeX issue that you have helped me with from the beginning.
> 
> The only difference is I used 6-7 "10 x 10" images of various backgrounds so
> that I could bring the file size down from 30 mb's to 250kb's.
> http://home.netcom.com/~krr/activeXtest/  activeXtest.zip
> 
> 
>  any insight would be greatly appreciated...
> I solve this one and I can start burning the CD's!
> 
> Thank You
> Kevin