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Active X Controls in Firefox 3

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catknox
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How do you use ActiveX controls in Firefox 3? I have attempted to download templates etc from the Microsoft site while using Firefox but receive a message that the ActiveX control cannot be downloaded. My response has been to go back to IE7 and use it to download.

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ScottW
ScottW
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Catknox, you are doing the right thing. The folks at Mozilla don't support ActiveX because it is not an open Web standard and is a security risk. Either switch to IE7 or install an add-on such as IETab which will render pages in a Firefox tab using the IE7 engine. Here's Mozilla's take on ActiveX and Firefox:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ActiveX

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catknox
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Thanks ScottW, very helpful.

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