Usage of ActiveX in Libre Office

[libroffice.dev at artavi.de]

Hi,

I did today a quick test on a Windows 7 (32Bit) computer.

AOO 4.1.1 was de-installed completely first and I verified that COM and 
OLE didn't worked anymore.
After that LOO 5.2.5.1 was installed with deactivated ActiveX support.

Both COM and OLE are working. Automation through our ERP is working and 
I could embed a calc document into MSWord and edit it.

So sorry for upsetting the apple cart.
cheers
Jörgen

Am 30.01.2017 um 16:37 schrieb Bryan Quigley:
> To test most* of what I proposed to remove: During Install disable the
> ActiveX control.  (Ideally with a fresh install)
>
> AFAICT OLE is actually also separate (but if it's not we don't want to
> break that).  It works fine on Linux (and I don't have a copy of MS
> Office to test with on Windows).
>
>> ActiveX is more likely a marketing buzzword used for many aspects of the COM technology.
> Yes, I've found that a lot.  Not a clear line in the sand for what it is.
>
> Thanks both if you can test!
> Bryan
>
> *We'd still want to confirm with an actual build to be sure.
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 6:24 PM,  <libroffice.dev at artavi.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am 27.01.2017 um 18:03 schrieb Bryan Quigley:
>>> Looking back over my previous attempt, I think you might not be
>>> affected.  (In any case COM/ATL support would not be dropped)
>>
>>> The other problem was not having good test cases for making changes to
>>> the code.  I do note in my original release notes "We specifically
>>> want feedback if you use ActiveX to embed LibreOffice components into
>>> your application."  Our original intention was to remove the plugin
>>> that allows you to embed LibreOffice inside other applications (like
>>> IE) using ActiveX.  Without test cases that worked, we weren't able to
>>> ensure we wouldn't break something.
>> Ah, maybe we were talking about different things.
>> Do you mean the ability i.e. to put an LO calc document as object into a MS
>> word document, and when activating the object the LO menu appears and take
>> over control? I was talking about the pure automation through COM, remotely
>> working on LO documents or gathering information.
>>
>> ActiveX is more likely a marketing buzzword used for many aspects of the COM
>> technology.
>>
>> So, no, we don't use that OLE stuff. I can remember from the early days of
>> OLE it was slow and had poor stability, so I never used that.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Jörgen