ActiveX Insights

What is ActiveX?

ActiveX is a legacy Microsoft technology that defines a set of rules for how applications should share information. It was commonly used to embed interactive content (like videos, games, and other applications) into web pages, primarily in Internet Explorer. Due to security vulnerabilities and the rise of modern web standards, ActiveX is now largely obsolete and disabled in most modern browsers.

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What other technologies are related to ActiveX?

ActiveX Competitor Technologies

Android application framework

Android provides an alternative framework for application development, competing with ActiveX for certain use cases, particularly on non-Windows platforms.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 74% (111) of relevant job posts

Cocoa

Cocoa is Apple's native object-oriented framework used for developing applications on macOS, which competes with ActiveX, primarily a Windows technology.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 18% (328) of relevant job posts

Apple iOS

iOS provides an alternative framework for application development, competing with ActiveX for certain use cases, particularly on mobile platforms.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 3% (269) of relevant job posts

.NET

.NET is a development platform from Microsoft that provides alternative technologies for developing applications, including web applications, and desktop applications, competing with ActiveX.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 0% (457) of relevant job posts

C#

C# is often used with .NET, providing an alternative development environment to older ActiveX-based development.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 0% (451) of relevant job posts

Android

Android provides an alternative framework for application development, competing with ActiveX for certain use cases, particularly on non-Windows platforms.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 0% (234) of relevant job posts

VB.NET

VB.NET, as part of the .NET framework, offers an alternative for developing Windows applications, competing with ActiveX.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 0% (66) of relevant job posts

Java

Java applets offered a platform-independent alternative to ActiveX controls for interactive web content.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 0% (174) of relevant job posts

ActiveX Complementary Technologies

DCOM

DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) is a technology upon which ActiveX is built. DCOM provides the network protocol that enables COM components (including ActiveX controls) to communicate over a network.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 10% (60) of relevant job posts

COM

ActiveX is based on the Component Object Model (COM). ActiveX controls are COM components designed for use in web browsers and other applications.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 4% (127) of relevant job posts

VB Script

VBScript was often used to script and control ActiveX controls in web pages.

mentioned alongside ActiveX in 1% (52) of relevant job posts