>>>>See here:
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>>>>http://www.topazsystems.com/Software/download/web/index.htm
>>>>
>>>>What was the question?
>>>
>>>Thanks for the link. We can not seem to make the old working code to work. It used to work fine and now the application crashes. I downloaded the drivers, but I don't have the hardware, so I can not test really. The way it works is that HTML with ActiveX (I assume) is generated and displayed using C++ application and the code similar to what I showed is in HTML (this one is the simplest).
>>>
>>>I'm wondering what could be there that make it not to work anymore. Say, could somehow tightened security in IE8 affect it or anything else?
>>>
>>>That's essentially the question.
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>>Security can definitely be the problem, but "crashes" needs clarification. And testing code without the device attached is futile IMO. Is your C++ application generating this HTML/script for you or? Compare your generated code with the examples I pointed out, it may give you a clue as to what has changed.
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>I'm going to. The C++ application just displayes the generated HTML and the generating goes from VFP code (VFP based DLL).
>The code used to work fine - just one person who is testing it now can not get it to work. The clients didn't recently complain, so may be it still works.
>
>By the crash I mean - the C++ application displays the usual dialog - the application stopped working, do you want to debug - this kind of crash.

A couple of things:

1. Are you using IE? VBScript and ActiveX don't work in FireFox.
2. Is the ActiveX control installed on your computer? Either the web page automatically downloads it, or it is expecting the software to already be installed. If not, download one of the SigPlus packages and install it. Neither requires the device to be connected to instantiate the control. Of course, you'll need it to actually capture a signature.