Microsoft ActiveX package

On the Microsoft website http://www.microsoft.com/activex/gallery/, an activexgroup Gallery (ActiveX component Gallery) is created, which provides a detailed list of currently available controls. Table 1 lists controls in Internet Explorer 3.0 that can be installed from the msdn library.

Table 1. Controls in Internet Explorer 3.0 and the ActiveX control pad

Control name	Description
Controls in Internet Explorer	(Minimal installation, typical installation, full installation)
Webbrowsercontrol	The internetexplorer3.0-based browser control displays HTML homepage, ActiveX controls, and ActiveX documents.
Timer	Programmable Control, used to set the interval between execution behaviors and scripts,
Marquee Control	Scroll HTML files horizontally or vertically. By setting this control, you can change the number and latency of scrolling. This control is a built-in control of internetexplorer.
Controls in Internet Explorer 3.0	(Full installation)
Activemovie Control	Displays streaming and non-streaming media, such as video, audio, and synchronous images with sound.
Controls in Internet Explorer 3.0	(Fully installed) and ActiveX control pad controls
HTML layout Control	HTML display with the latest extension of the Internet Society (W3C)
Internet Explorer 3.0	Two-dimensional HTML fields in
Microsoft forms 2.0 label	Used to generate basic text labels
Microsoft forms 2.0 textbox	Multi-line text entry and text display window
Microsoft forms 2.0 combo box	You can select an option from the drop-down list.
Microsoft forms 2.0 list box	You can select an option from the scroll list.
Microsoft forms 2.0 checkbox	Support for user verification options
Microsoft forms 2.0 Option Button	You can select multiple options.
Microsoft forms 2.0 toggle button	Keys with switching status (for example, on/off)
Microsoft forms 2.0 command button	Basic key controls
Microsoft forms 2.0 tabstrip	Provides a composite page that can be selected through the tab
Microsoft forms 2.0 scrollbar	Basic horizontal and vertical scroll bars
Microsoft forms 2.0 spin button	Buttons that can be pushed up or down
Microsoft ActiveX image control	Display images in. jpg,. GIF,. BMP, or wavelet format
Microsoft ActiveX hotspot Control	Used to add transparent hotspots to HTML layoutcontrol
Microsoft control on ActiveX Component Library Network
Animated button	Displays different frame sequences in the. AVI file based on the key status. Windows animation universal control is used .. AVI files must be RLE or 8-bit compressed.
Chart	You can draw different tables in different ways.
Gradient	Mask a region with different colors and switch between a specific color and another specific color.
Label	Displays a text from a specific angle. This control also allows you to extend the defined curve display text. This control also supports click, change, mousedown, Mouseover, and mouseup events.
Menu	Allows the webpage author to place a menu key on the webpage, which can pop up a standard menu. The menu control uses the VBScript code control key to activate an event that the author can respond.
Popup menu	A menu is displayed whenever the popup method is called. This controller activates an event when the menu item is clicked.
Popup window	An HTML text is displayed in the pop-up window. This control is often used to provide online description and connection preview of the tool.
Preloader	Download an object from a specific URL and put the object into the cache. This control key is invisible during running and starts to be downloaded once activated. When the download ends, this key activates a completion event.
Stock ticker	The number of data downloaded from a specified URL is displayed consecutively at an interval. Data can be in text or. Xrt format.
View Tracker	An event set is generated whenever the control enters or leaves the display area. Based on some inputs, the author can use this control to automatically modify the functions or attributes of a webpage.

It is worth mentioning that Microsoft and third-party partners are constantly developing new controls. Many of these controls have been placed in the Microsoft ActiveX Component Library WebSite http://www.microsoft.com/activex/gallery.