ActiveX controls:

ActiveX controls are reusable, stand-alone software components that often expose a subset of the total functionality of a product or application. They were formerly referred to as OLE controls or OCX. ActiveX controls cannot run stand-alone—they must be loaded into a control container, such as Visual Basic or Internet Explorer. An ActiveX control can also be embedded in a Visual C++ resource.

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