Will Microsoft Ever Get its Act Together on Active-X?

[Clark Murray]

I recently received a cool signature block that was created using Word/Web. There's just one problem--it uses Active-X controls from Word. The default setting for Outlook blocks Active-X controls, so the signature looks dumb in html email. It's great that Microsoft finally started doing something about the Active-X virus mess. But this is heavy handed. Why can't all Microsoft products figure out how to recognize Microsoft code? I guess that's what happens in a big bureaucracy.

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Clark,

I recently received a cool signature block that was created using Word/Web.

There's just one problem--it uses Active-X controls from Word. The default
setting for Outlook blocks Active-X controls, so the signature looks dumb in
html email. It's great that Microsoft finally started doing something about
the Active-X virus mess. But this is heavy handed. Why can't all Microsoft
products figure out how to recognize Microsoft code?>

I believe the real problem is that anyone could add other code to the ActiveX
controls. I admit I'm puzzled, thought: What kind of activeX controls could a
signature be using? Couldn't you substitute a graphic?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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