First, a programmer creates an ActiveX control. A variety of programming tools can be used to create controls, such as Visual Basic or the C programming language. A control can be as complex as a program that checks your computer for viruses and then eradicates them, or as simple as showing a website in an outline view. After the control is created, it is posted on a web server, and information about the control is coded into the web page through use of the HTML <object> tag.
