More information:
the problem with downloading the AX control in IE6 SP1 is with Win2000
machines (IE6 SP2 is on WinXP machine, and it is fine).
Is it possible that with Win2000 machine one is prohibited from downloading
ActiveX control ?
How can we get around it ?

Thank you.

"fniles" <fniles@pfmail.com> wrote in message
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> We created an ActiveX control and marked it as safe for scripting using
> Implements IObjectSafety. We then created a CAB file and signed it using
> Verisign.
> We also created a license file (LPK file) for it.
> We use this control on an ASP page.
> We put the CAB file for the AX control and VBRun60.CAB in the same folder
> with all the ASP files.
> When we call the ASP page using any machine with IE 6 SP2 (we tried it
> with multiple IE6 SP2 machines), it prompted you to download the control
> and it got downloaded fine, and the ASP page works fine.
> But, when we call the ASP page using a machine with IE 6 SP1 (we tried it
> with multiple IE6 SP1 machines), it did not even prompt you to download
> the control even though the control does not exist in the machine. Because
> of this, the ASP page does not work because the AX control does not exist.
> The IE setting is such that we either enable or prompt downloading a
> control and initialize and script AX control.
>
> Here is the codes for the control in the ASP page:
> <OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:5220cb21-c88d-11cf-b347-00aa00a28331"
> id="Microsoft_Licensed_Class_Manager_1_0"1 VIEWASTEXT><PARAM
> NAME="LPKPath" VALUE="BControl.lpk"></OBJECT>
>
> <OBJECT id="bcontrol2" height=0 width=0
> classid=clsid:CAC161FD-C2F9-4F0F-95F3-A3D4E5D465CD
> codeBase="BControl.CAB#version=1,0,0,0" VIEWASTEXT>
> <PARAM NAME="_ExtentX" VALUE="873">
> <PARAM NAME="_ExtentY" VALUE="847">
> </OBJECT>
>
> Why in IE 6 SP1 it did not even prompt me to download the AX control even
> though it does not exist?
>
> Thank you very much.
>