Lesson 3: Implementing ActiveX Controls

Advantages of Using ActiveX Controls

The advantages of adding ActiveX controls to a Web page written in HTML include increased functionality, improved performance, and code privacy.

Increased Functionality

Using Visual Basic to create an ActiveX control provides you with user interface options and application functionality that are not possible with standard HTML.

Improved Performance

Executing application logic in a control instead of on a Web server improves performance by reducing the amount of communication with the Web server. A compiled ActiveX control usually executes much faster than script or HTML code.

Code Privacy

Because an ActiveX control is compiled, users will not be able to view your source code as they can with HTML.