ActiveX support in IE7

[arcoun]

Hello,

It is my understanding that IE7 installed in Wine (for exemple, by following
instructions at
http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/applications/ie-7-on-linux-with-win...)
has no support for ActiveX.

Does anyone know what are the missing parts (in Wine or by adding more
native DLLs) to make it work ? Which native DLL is responsible for all the
ActiveX stuff ?

If we've got a clear understanding of what is missing and if a Wine dev is
interested, I can sponsor it through a bounty.

Regards,
-- arcoun

[Aric Stewart]

Hello,

I have been working in this area for the last several days.

It is actually greatly improving. I think the bulk of the remaining work 
is in the wintrust area to correctly validate the downloaded cabinet 
files. Then the prompting of the user to install these files.

With some of my pending patches if I turn off the security settings for 
these things then ActiveX controls start to download and install.

One things that would help are examples of ActiveX controls to try to 
run. I have been targeting shockwave and flash but there must be others.

-aric

arcoun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It is my understanding that IE7 installed in Wine (for exemple, by 
> following instructions at 
> http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/applications/ie-7-on-linux-with-win...) 
> has no support for ActiveX.
>
> Does anyone know what are the missing parts (in Wine or by adding more 
> native DLLs) to make it work ? Which native DLL is responsible for all 
> the ActiveX stuff ?
>
> If we've got a clear understanding of what is missing and if a Wine dev 
> is interested, I can sponsor it through a bounty.
>
> Regards,
> -- arcoun
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Ben Klein]

2009/6/25 arcoun <arcoun(a)gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> It is my understanding that IE7 installed in Wine (for exemple, by following
> instructions at
> http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/applications/ie-7-on-linux-with-win...)
> has no support for ActiveX.

This website is plagued by out of date and incorrect information. It
is not endorsed, supported, or recommended by WineHQ (someone correct
me if I'm wrong). Up-to-date information *should* be available on the
AppDB.

[Tom Wickline]

Everything in life becomes out of date after a little time passes by.

Geez, I guess I should post about every little change that happens?

And Ben Klein is not the VOICE of WineHQ!

Tom

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Ben Klein <shacklein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/6/25 arcoun <arcoun(a)gmail.com>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It is my understanding that IE7 installed in Wine (for exemple, by
> > following
> > instructions at
>
> http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/applications/ie-7-on-linux-with-win...
> )
> > has no support for ActiveX.
>
> This website is plagued by out of date and incorrect information. It
> is not endorsed, supported, or recommended by WineHQ (someone correct
> me if I'm wrong). Up-to-date information *should* be available on the
> AppDB.

[Ben Klein]

2009/6/25 Tom Wickline <twickline(a)gmail.com>:
> Everything in life becomes out of date after a little time passes by.
>
> Geez, I guess I should post about every little change that happens?

Yes, you should. Wine development releases are moving targets.
WineHQ's user support system should not have to deal with off-site
HOWTOs that refuse to keep up-to-date or even productive (e.g.
instructions on how to install DirectX in Wine).

The correct place for application HOWTO instructions is AppDB.
> And Ben Klein is not the VOICE of WineHQ!
>
> Tom

This doesn't look like a correction to me.

[Tom Wickline]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Ben Klein <shacklein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> This doesn't look like a correction to me.

Your post looks like a troll to me :)

Tom

[Steven Edwards]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Ben Klein<shacklein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> This website is plagued by out of date and incorrect information. It
> is not endorsed, supported, or recommended by WineHQ (someone correct
> me if I'm wrong). Up-to-date information *should* be available on the
> AppDB.

Heh right I know, God forbid someone link to Winehq and post their own
concise useful howto's. We really don't need the traffic and google
pagerank for Winehq. I much prefer to only get drunks looking for the
latest vintage rather than people interested in running Windows
software under Linux.

-- 
Steven Edwards

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo