53943 - The <object> tag is ignored by Mozilla

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Embedding: ActiveX Wrapper, defect, P3)

Description

[Adrian]

The page http://skaner.mks.com.pl/ has an ActiveX control that is embeded with
the <object> tag. In Mozilla the tag is ignored - only in source of the page you
can see the tag:


<OBJECT ID="WebScanCtl" classid="clsid:70AA7362-0A16-11D4-877B-008048C4AC6F"
width=600 height=260
CODEBASE="http://www.mks.com.pl/files/webscan/WebScan.cab#version=2000,7,31,1">
</OBJECT>


(http://skaner.mks.com.pl/'s ActiveX control is a on-line antyvirus)

Comment 1

[Adam Lock]

The ActiveX wrapper is for embedding Gecko into other applications and not for 
loading ActiveX controls in HTML content. Mozilla does not support ActiveX.

Marking bug as INVALID.

There are 3rd party plugins for Mozilla/Communicator that can host ActiveX 
controls but they work through the <EMBED> tag.

Comment 2

[Keyser Sose]

Mozilla does not support ActiveX. Marking as verified.

Comment 3

[Bill Mason]

*** Bug 262830 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** Bug 263039 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***