Re: Java and ActiveX Integration

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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:01:19 -0400

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Peter Olcott wrote:

"Arne VajhHj" <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote in message
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Peter Olcott wrote:

"Arne VajhHj" <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote in message
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Peter Olcott wrote:

Is it still as simple and complete as described by the
source below?

Using an ActiveX control as a Java class
Using a Java class as an ActiveX control
Manipulating a Java applet through ActiveX scripting

http://www.ssuet.edu.pk/taimoor/books/1-57521-197-1/ch38.htm
This is the chapter from the 1997 book

Java-ActiveX is out of fashion.

There are some commercial offerings:

http://www.nevaobject.com/j2cdetails.asp?kw=java%20com%20bridge

http://www.ezjcom.com/google.html?gclid=CLXojqqtoY8CFReQGgodVQGfeQ
and some open source solutions:
http://danadler.com/jacob/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jcom/

I would look for alternatives.

Java-JavaScript is still supported !

It has to be ActiveX / interpreted language, that is the
binding constraint.

Where does Java come into the picture ?

(neither ActiveX controls nor Java is interpreted)

Arne

How does Java run on WebPages if it is not interpreted?

JSP (Java Server Pages) is triple compiled on the server
(jspc compiles from JSP to Java, javac compiles from Java
to Java byte code, JVM JIT compiles from Java byte code
to native).

Java applets is compiled from Java to Java byte code
by the developer somewhere and compiled from Java byte
code to native by the JIT compiler in the JVM used
by the browser.

Well if you use a JVM from mid 1990's it may actually
interpret, but ...

JavaScript is interpreted, but has nothing to do with
Java.

Arne

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