Microsoft Windows Architecture for Developers Training Kit
You can use ActiveX controls on a Web page. The <OBJECT> tag is used to reference an ActiveX control. For example, if you insert a Calendar control on a Web page, the <OBJECT> tag is placed within the HTML document. This lesson discusses the advantages of using ActiveX control, and explains ways to implement them. After this lesson, you will be able to
List advantages of using ActiveX controls.
Use RegEdit to determine the class ID of an ActiveX control.
Set the CODEBASE attribute for an ActiveX control.