Vlad,

Clearly there *are* some differences - for instance we cannot create an ActiveX component with VFP but we can create a COM component.

But I'm with you - the actual differences are obscure and would benefit from serious clarification (not just 'they have different suffixes').

Cheers,

Jim N

>>An ActiveX Control is a visual component that is UI centric.
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>An ActiveX control can be very well a non-visual (non UI) component.
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>> These files have an OCX extension and can be hosted by any ActiveX Container. VFP, VB, IE, Office Apps, Visio, etc are all capable of hosting an OCX Control.
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>But the ocx file is in fact a dll inside, isn't it?
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>>Does this clarify things???
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>Yes and no. Is the difference just a naming difference or are there any differences between the interfaces supported, etc. The more I read about ActiveX/COM/OLE/etc, the less I understand where's the difference between ActiveX and COM. Is there any?
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>Vlad