HowTo Get version of ActiveX on client & Update
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I am trying to figure out how to update an activex control on a client workstation. The client goes to our webserver and I want to then check for the existence of our activex component "CompA" on the client system. If the component "CompA" does not exist, I want to install it. If the component "CompA" exists, I want to check the version to see if it is compatible with the current version necessary for the webserver. If it needs updating on the client, I want to install the current (latest) version from the webserver. Somewhere in all this I would like to be able to check that the user has enough rights on the client (not Guest or Limited) to do the update. I have been trying to figure this out for a bit, starting with javascript trying to access the installed activex and query a method that returns it's version, etc. The client workstations will be Win2000 or XP (or possibly Vista in the future). I don't have any control over whether the client workstations will have the .Net 2.0 SDK installed. Thanx, G gary holbrook