Mozilla activeX

[johnraus]

ran in lot of trouble lately with Win8 and embedded IE through activeX plugin.
(started with simple authentication getting lost in popup windows, long time ago ....
workarounds that seemed to be working since Win7 IE8, stopped in Win8 )

I would like to give Mozilla as embedded browser a try

But don't have the tools/knowledge to Compile the control
and how to embed it through Retesets ActiveX plugin.

can anybody provide a compiled version of this control ?
Mozilla ActiveX Control

[Ulrich]

You would still need the full Mozilla (Firefox?) browser installed on the target computer for the ActiveX to work properly. The ActiveX does not work on its own.

Ulrich

[johnraus]

You would still need the full Mozilla (Firefox?) browser installed on the target computer for the ActiveX to work properly. The ActiveX does not work on its own.

Ulrich

O.K. Ulrich, thnx for the quick reply
this info renders it as not an option ....

will again search for other options ....

[reteset]

I would like to give Mozilla as embedded browser a try

But don't have the tools/knowledge to Compile the control
and how to embed it through Retesets ActiveX plugin.

can anybody provide a compiled version of this control ?
Mozilla ActiveX Control

Hi johnraus

there is already compiled versions of that AxtiveX control here latest available version

however ,that control is very outdated and was not updated for a long time
although , it is still useful for local web browsing , its (compiled version) engine is outdated as well ,so you should not expect more than internet explorer version 5.5 or 6

it is not ideal for online browsing ,because most of the web sites use html5 and other new stuff , it will fail to render and show several web sites

but if you still want to give it a try (with ActiveX plugin) then all you need to do is

Download latest version installer from here and then install it

then open ActiveX_InternetExplorer sample project
open OnContCreate evet script of ActiveX object on the page by double clicking to it
then replace

bCreated = ActiveX.CreateControl("Plugin1", "Shell.Explorer.2");

with

bCreated = ActiveX.CreateControl("Plugin1", "Mozilla.Browser.1");

and preview project , now you are using it without making any change other than ProgID

BTW: It does not require FireFox to be installed , its a standalone OLE control :yes

[Ulrich]

BTW: It does not require FireFox to be installed , its a standalone OLE control :yes

Thanks for the correction! And yes, it is ancient... from 2005.

[johnraus]

Thnx again, @ Reteset :yes and Ulrich

actually embedding it was really simple, working fine

and I have to admit, while working great for some sites
doesn't work for others, like I was trying to do .... ancient

but at lease it gave me some energy, courage
to find another way to tackle my authentication issue
with some pop-up/dialogs of pages shown in an IE object