Where is LazActiveX?

[axtens]

According to the wiki, there's supposed to be a package called LazActiveX which can be added using the Package Install/Uninstall tools. I'm using a "fresh off the internet" version of Lazarus 1.0.10 and I cannot see this package in the that menu. Where can it be found?

Kind regards,
Bruce.

[BigChimp]

I don't see it there either in 1.0.10.

It's there in Lazarus trunk version.

I suspect somebody forgot to backport the packaging from the development/trunk version of Lazarus to 1.0.10.

If you'd like to, please raise a bug report so it can be fixed. Apart from that,
downloading the files: http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk/components/activex/
compiling the package (Package/open package file, compile, install, then allow lazarus to rebuild)
should work.
Or you can use a trunk version of Lazarus, which is actually fairly stable these days.

[JuhaManninen]

It's there in Lazarus trunk version.
I suspect somebody forgot to backport the packaging from the development/trunk version of Lazarus to 1.0.10.

Generally new features are not backported. Only bug fixes are.
Please use trunk if you need a feature which is only in trunk.

[BigChimp]

People using Oracle db connectors on win64 and mssqlconn users might have a different opinion on that

[Jorg3000]

12 years later ...
Hi!
I use Lazarus 3.8 FPC 3.2.2 on Win64 and can't find LazActiveX in OPM. I want to use TActiveXContainer.
Where can I get it?

[Handoko]

You don't need OPM to install it, LazActiveX package is bundled in default Lazarus installation. To enable it:

Lazarus main menu > Package > Install/Uninstall Packages > In the right panel, select "LazActiveX 0.1" > Click "Install Selection" > Click "Rebuild IDE" > Continue > wait some minutes, then your Lazarus will restart

[Jorg3000]

Ah there. Thank you! 

I selected it, clicked "install selection", then "Rebuild IDE" and it seemed to work ... but I can't access it.
When I look in that Packages window again, it says "status: selected for installation" - but buttons are grayed out, I can only uninstall it. Strange.

I don't understand the window.
Thanks anyway!

[jamie]

you shouldn't need to install anything, it comes by default out of the box for windows installs.

This only works on Windows and GUI apps because it's a window etc.

Jamie

[Handoko]

... but I can't access it.

You can find the component in the ActiveX tab, see the attached video.

Enabling the component is easy but using it isn't easy. I only used it once. Years ago I wrote a small pdf cataloger and it needed to have pdf viewer. I used LazActiveX + Adobe Reader 7, it worked as long as the user's computer have Reader 7 installed.

There are several ways to use ActiveX in your Lazarus programs. I used Type Library:
Lazarus main menu > Tools > Import Type Library

Here is the documentation of LazActiveX:
https://wiki.freepascal.org/LazActiveX

[CM630]

You can place the ActiveX control from the controls tabs, section ActiveX. Or simply type “active” in the components palette, see the image attached.
Maybe the easiest way to use ActiveX is “Early binding”: https://wiki.freepascal.org/LazActiveX#TActiveXContainer_early_binding