ActiveX Controls on 64 bit platform

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bhavna
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ActiveX Controls on 64 bit platform

Post by bhavna »

On 64 bit windows 2008 R2, from which directory of windows, does the WinCC OA 3.11 list down the activeX controls ? Is it system32 or SYSWOW64 ?

I ask this because Visual studio 10.0 show a full list of registered controls , whereas WInCCOA 3.11 does not list them.

Thanks.

Gertjan van Schijndel
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Re: ActiveX Controls on 64 bit platform

Post by Gertjan van Schijndel »

It depends on which version you have installed.

64bit applications use the system32 directory.
32bit applications use the syswow64 directory.

aorange
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Re: ActiveX Controls on 64 bit platform

Post by aorange »

That's very intuitive :)

bhavna
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Re: ActiveX Controls on 64 bit platform

Post by bhavna »

Confusion arose from the fact that 64 bit installations of visual studio 10.0 and WinCCOA 3.11 handled the Activex differently. Thanks, now I know in WinCCOA 64 bit installation I will not be able to use ActiveX controls which I used in 32 bit app. So I need to modify my application accordingly.

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