Internet Component Download

Question

On MSDN I have read that Internet Component Download is obsolete as of Internet Explorer 7.
Therefore I have some questions depending on it:
Does IE7 support it in any kind?
How does Internet Explorer 8 support Internet Component Download?
What technology or what technique would be use instead Internet Component Download in browsers above?

Answer 1

Hi Anton,

An the link to the MSDN article is?

Regards.

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Rob^_^

Answer 2

If you type 'Internet Component Download' in google the first reference will be msdn reference with article with this information.

This is direct link on it:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa768009(VS.85).aspx

Moreover the most of articles about Internet Component Download or OSD (Open Software Description) contains the same information, such as:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa741198(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa740950(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa740951(VS.85).aspx

and many others.

 

Answer 3

Hi,

They still install in Win7 and IE8. The difference is that on XP machines your could disable or uninstall them from the context menu in the Downloaded Programs Folder. Later OS and IE versions only allow you to disable the controls from the IE Addons Manager. Look at the problems that have occurred with the Adobe and Shockwave Flash components. My vista machine has 3 versions.

See Best Practices for building ActiveX updaters below.

I think the statement

Note  This technology is obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 7 and should not be used

Is a discouragement to entice you to use more modern software technologies. Search for Developing ActiveX Controls in .net.

See Eric Lawernce's site post http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/dev.asp-

Best Practices

• Best Practices for ActiveX developers
• Best Practices for building ActiveX updaters
• Writing Stable Browser Extensions
• Hosting MSHTML/WebOC securely Part 1
• Hosting MSHTML/WebOC securely Part 2

Note also that Silverlight is distributed as an Download Program File and appears in your IE's Addons Manager as a downloaded ActiveX control.

Regards.

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Rob^_^

Answer 4

Thanks a lot.