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  • kaeli
    #1

    Netscape and ActiveX?


    I truely doubt this is possible from everything I've read (without some
    sort of plugin), but can this simple script be made into a javascript
    (instead of vbscript) that would work on Netscape 6+?

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>Untitl ed Document</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
    </head>

    <body>
    <p>IE only Word export test - test - hi there</p>
    <p>&nbsp; </p>
    <script type="text/vbscript">
    Set wObj = CreateObject("W ord.Application ")
    Set doc = wObj.Documents. Add()
    wObj.Selection. TypeText("Hi there!")
    wObj.Visible = true
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>

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    • Martin Honnen
      #2
      Re: Netscape and ActiveX?



      kaeli wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I truely doubt this is possible from everything I've read (without some
      > sort of plugin), but can this simple script be made into a javascript
      > (instead of vbscript) that would work on Netscape 6+?
      >
      > <html>
      > <head>
      > <title>Untitl ed Document</title>
      > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
      > </head>
      >
      > <body>
      > <p>IE only Word export test - test - hi there</p>
      > <p>&nbsp; </p>
      > <script type="text/vbscript">
      > Set wObj = CreateObject("W ord.Application ")
      > Set doc = wObj.Documents. Add()
      > wObj.Selection. TypeText("Hi there!")
      > wObj.Visible = true
      > </script>
      > </body>
      > </html>[/color]

      Well, Netscape 7.1 has a function named
      GeckoActiveXObj ect
      that is meant to cover JScript's
      ActiveXObject
      but as far is I understand it currently only allows Windows Media Player
      to be instantiated.
      When I try
      var word = new GeckoActiveXObj ect('Word.Appli cation');
      I get a JavaScript error

      Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Unable to create an instance
      of the desired COM classCOM Error Result = 80004005" nsresult:
      "0x80570039 (NS_ERROR_XPC_C OM_CREATE_FAILE D)"

      so I don't think there is a way, not even with Netscape 7.1.
      And nobody seems to know for sure whether there will be any future
      Netscape releases.
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        • kaeli
          #3
          Re: Netscape and ActiveX?

          In article <3fbcc81c$1@ola f.komtel.net>, mahotrash@yahoo .de enlightened
          us with...[color=blue]
          >
          > so I don't think there is a way, not even with Netscape 7.1.
          > And nobody seems to know for sure whether there will be any future
          > Netscape releases.
          >[/color]

          I didn't think so.
          I guess we're stuck with WebFocus for cross-browser reporting.

          Thanks!


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            • Marek A. Stepien
              #4
              Re: Netscape and ActiveX?

              Martin Honnen wrote:[color=blue]
              > Well, Netscape 7.1 has a function named
              > GeckoActiveXObj ect
              > that is meant to cover JScript's
              > ActiveXObject
              > but as far is I understand it currently only allows Windows Media Player
              > to be instantiated.[/color]

              Actually, you can change some settings in the defaults/pref/activex.js
              to make Netscape run all the AX controls.

              See http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/plugin.htm.


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