>>>Is it possible to instantiate a COM DLL in a web page, or is this only possible for ocx type ActiveX components?
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>>You can do instance a COM DLL through scripting; unlike an ActiveX, it can't participate in the events loop directly.
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>Hmmm... I must be doing something wrong then. I assumed you would instantiate it in VBScript in the web page using Createobject() with the ProgId, e.g.
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>Set MyComDll = Createobject( "MyComDll.MyComObject" )
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>It barks pretty loud and errors out when I try this. Am I mistaken on this? I was going to try instantiating with the < Object > element like an ocx but haven't gotten to it yet.

There is considerably more trouble involved in instanciating an ActiveX control on the client side. You have to use the Object tag, specify a CLSID, and a codebase from which the object can be downloaded if it is not installed. The following code instanciates the MSChart control in a web page. I am taking Ed's word for it that this is possible with non-ActiveX COM controls in web pages... I have never tried it.

< OBJECT
	ID="ocxGraph"
    	CLASSID="clsid:FC25B780-75BE-11CF-8B01-444553540000"
        CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/iexplorer/iechart.ocx#Version=4,70,0,1161"
    	TYPE="application/x-oleobject"
< /OBJECT >