Distributing the ActiveX

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Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 18 Aug 2008 11:14

Hi.

I embedded the ActiveX into a simple .net example. Problem is, that while it finds perfectly on my PC, it doesn't run on anything else, and complains regarding the lack of plugins.

How to distribute the ActiveX together with the plugins, and how to point it so it would find them?
Alternatively, is it's possible to compile these plugins directly into the ActiveX?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby revolunet » 18 Aug 2008 11:53

Your clients should install VLC with the activex

Or, you can maybe include the DLL in your own activex, did you try including it in your project options visual studio ?
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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 18 Aug 2008 14:20

Hi.

The ActiveX by itself works fine. Problem is, that it can't find the plugins directory. I tried placing them in the same folder, but it didn't help.

Any idea how it can be pointed to the plugins?

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby revolunet » 18 Aug 2008 14:27

Is VLC installed on target computer ?
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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 18 Aug 2008 16:01

No, and this is the point, to get all self-contained with single application without additional installer, following GPL guidelines of course.

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 18 Aug 2008 20:19

After checking a bit, I can see this specified by something called "builtins".

Can I simply movie the plugins to builtins, and what is the minimum recommended set of modules?

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 18 Aug 2008 21:06

You can specify where the plugins are.
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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 19 Aug 2008 17:35

Hi.

How exactly it can be done on the ActiveX level?

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 19 Aug 2008 18:16

I tried to use the .add() fuction where you can specify the options, but it seems that modules have to be loaded on start-up - which of course happens before the said function.

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 24 Aug 2008 17:04

Hi.

Any idea how to specify the plugins locations for the ActiveX?

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby thannoy » 24 Aug 2008 23:25

Hi,

Have a look at this topic (VLC media player for Windows/"axvlc activex distribution"):
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=48812#p156016

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Re: Distributing the ActiveX

Postby SyRenity » 25 Aug 2008 16:58

Thanks, this helps.


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