| The full version of Visual Basic can be used to make web
page applets known as ActiveX controls.
Do you remember that we have always been
careful (in VB5CCE) to create EXE projects in the past, and NOT to create controls. That's
because controls are applications that cannot run by themselves but can only
run inside a 'container' application. One of the applications that can act as
a container for ActiveX controls created in Visual Basic is... Internet
Explorer! Follow the link at the top of this page to see some sample ActiveX
controls, but be aware that it is very possible that the security
settings of your computer may block the display of such controls
unless you make some changes.
To see some ActiveX controls, after reading this
paragraph, click one of the first two links
above - one of two things will happen:
 | Your computer may already be configured to allow ActiveX controls to be displayed, in which case you
will just be asked to authorize the downloading of the necessary runtime
files from Microsoft (it doesn't take long, but be patient).
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| More probably, you will get a message saying that your security settings will not
allow ActiveX controls to be displayed, in which case you will need to
follow the instructions below (note that if you
are using someone else's computer you should get
permission before changing the security settings, and even on
your own computer you should think twice before
designating sites as trustworthy or changing the security settings).
At some point(s) the process may require that you restart your computer.
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- In Internet Explorer, go to Tools>Internet Options then
click the Security tab.
- Click Trusted Sites, then the Sites button then
uncheck the box that requires an https server.
- Enter as a site to be trusted the address of this site: http://morpheus.cc
, then click Add, then click OK to return to the Trusted Sites pane.
- Finally, click the 'Custom Level' button and switch all the options in the ActiveX
control section to 'active'.
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