515324 - http://www-archive.mozilla.org/releases/ should be added to www.mozilla.org for control downloads

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Andstar]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: 

http://www-archive.mozilla.org/releases/ should be added to www.mozilla.org for the ActiveX control downloads.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

I have no idea what "ActiveX control downloads" are, but the page you want to include on mozilla.org discusses releases from 2006. We have no intention of restoring it.

Comment 2

[Andstar]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I have no idea what "ActiveX control downloads" are, but the page you want to
> include on mozilla.org discusses releases from 2006. We have no intention of
> restoring it.

If you are a Visual Basic coder then you'd know what an ActiveX control is and how to use it. This page contains downloads that can allow Visual Basic coders to use the Mozilla browser control in their application. Only by restoring this page and updating it can the Firefox browser be truly Open-Source.

Comment 3

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

There is nothing on that page related to ActiveX or Visual Basic. If there are recent downloads that should be posted somewhere, I recommend developer.mozilla.org. We will not be restoring this page.

Comment 4

[Andstar]

(In reply to comment #3)
> There is nothing on that page related to ActiveX or Visual Basic. If there are
> recent downloads that should be posted somewhere, I recommend
> developer.mozilla.org. We will not be restoring this page.

OK, then where would I be able to get an updated version of the downloads on this page: http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm, "Get the binaries". These downloads were from the site in the summary.

Comment 5

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Moving this to MDC, where it will likely be WONTFIXed since we shouldn't ever be linking to old builds of anything, certainly not Mozilla 1.7.x-age releases...

Comment 6

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

I had some trouble understanding this bug, but after reading it over, I think I understand now. Please correct me if this is wrong:
Andstar is a visual basic coder, that wants to test an ActiveX control in Mozilla. He went to Adam Lock's website in search of Adam's ActiveX Control for Mozilla plugin. On Adam's website, it says something to the affect of "You need Mozilla for this plugin to work. Here's where to download Mozilla (which points to <http://www.mozilla.org/binaries.html>." And that URL redirects to the releases page. So Andstar wants the releases page back on www.mozilla.org, so the link on Adam's site will work.

Andstar, is that correct?

Comment 7

[Andstar]

(In reply to comment #6)
> I had some trouble understanding this bug, but after reading it over, I think I
> understand now. Please correct me if this is wrong:
> Andstar is a visual basic coder, that wants to test an ActiveX control in
> Mozilla. He went to Adam Lock's website in search of Adam's ActiveX Control for
> Mozilla plugin. On Adam's website, it says something to the affect of "You need
> Mozilla for this plugin to work. Here's where to download Mozilla (which points
> to <http://www.mozilla.org/binaries.html>." And that URL redirects to the
> releases page. So Andstar wants the releases page back on www.mozilla.org, so
> the link on Adam's site will work.
> 
> Andstar, is that correct?

Close to it.
Andstar is a visual basic coder, that wants to test an ActiveX control in a program he is making. On Adams website is the ActiveX control of which Andstar can use in his program, but there is something wrong. Andstar is getting an error saying something along the lines of: "Unable to get the window handle for the 'AxMozillaBrowser' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported." So Andstar is trying to get an update to these controls or for the page to be restored for everyone. Unless someone can help him fix the error he is getting. Also Andstar is using Visual Studio 2008 while the control is meant to be used in Visual Studio version 6 but he is unsure if it works for others. ;D

Comment 8

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Hi Andstar,
I'm not sure if this is clear to you, so I'd like clarify that Adam's plugin is not developed within the Mozilla project. That's Adam's code. In addition, if Adam's website is out of date (and I know that he hasn't updated it in years), then you need to contact Adam.

More importantly, Mozilla has never supported ActiveX controls; so I'm puzzled as to why you want to test it on Mozilla.
See <http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ActiveX>.

Comment 9

[Andstar]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Hi Andstar,
> I'm not sure if this is clear to you, so I'd like clarify that Adam's plugin is
> not developed within the Mozilla project. That's Adam's code. In addition, if
> Adam's website is out of date (and I know that he hasn't updated it in years),
> then you need to contact Adam.
> 
> More importantly, Mozilla has never supported ActiveX controls; so I'm puzzled
> as to why you want to test it on Mozilla.
> See <http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ActiveX>.

Ok, thank you very much for verifying this for me. I have only one last request... Do you know how I could contact Adam Lock?

Comment 10

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Try the info at <http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm#contact>. If that doesn't work, I don't know.