Differences ActiveX_PDFWindow / _FlashWindow / _IEHtmlWindow ?

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hello,

I just wonder why all these activeX controls ( PDF, Flash, IE) are supported ?
I just tried to open flash pdf and swf in activeX-IE,
and they all work perfect.

Are there any dis-advantages to use the IE for pdf and swf ?

thanks,
Stef Mientki

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Stef Mientki wrote:

hello,

I just wonder why all these activeX controls ( PDF, Flash, IE) are supported ?
I just tried to open flash pdf and swf in activeX-IE,
and they all work perfect.

Are there any dis-advantages to use the IE for pdf and swf ?

Using the non-IE activeX controls directly saves the overhead of IE, lets you get direct access to the methods and properties of the target control instead of having to go through the IE objects document object, etc.

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Stef,

hello,

I just wonder why all these activeX controls ( PDF, Flash, IE) are supported ?
I just tried to open flash pdf and swf in activeX-IE,
and they all work perfect.

Are there any dis-advantages to use the IE for pdf and swf ?

thanks,
Stef Mientki

In the case of IE, one disadvantage is that it's only available on Windows...and you have all the normal issues associated with IE.

Mike

4

Mike Driscoll wrote:

Stef,

hello,

I just wonder why all these activeX controls ( PDF, Flash, IE) are supported ?
I just tried to open flash pdf and swf in activeX-IE,
and they all work perfect.

Are there any dis-advantages to use the IE for pdf and swf ?

thanks,
Stef Mientki

In the case of IE, one disadvantage is that it's only available on Windows...and you have all the normal issues associated with IE.

but all activeX components are Windows only :wink:

I bumped into Okular this day,
but it's only Linux :frowning:
So I guess it's a very very long way to come to a cross platform general viewer.
Maybe the best one at the moment would be Open Office ...
... anyone knows if it's possible to embed OO in wxPython ?

cheers,
Stef

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Mike
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