I would like to create a control to run in IE similar to an ActiveX control
but written in .NET.

1) Can ActiveX controls be written in .NET?

2) If not, what is the .net equivalent of an ActiveX control?

3) What technology is Windows Update run on?

1) yes. any .net class supporting com interop
2) see above - .net hope to replace com
3) native com (c/c++)

couple issues with using .net components in the browser

the .net runtime must be installed on the clients machine (22mb download)
may take up to a minute to load your page (IE has to load the .net runtime,
create a domain, compile the il code, etc).
talking to the com browser and firing com events is difficult.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


"Dan" <Dan (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote