ucAniGif is a simple example of using twinBASIC to create an ActiveX control usable in both 32bit and 64bit VBA hosts (in addition to VB6 and .NET). tB is backwards compatible with VB6/VBA language, ...

Outlook stops showing inline SVG images to limit phishing and malware risks Microsoft continues retiring risky features across Office and Windows platforms for protection Company balances user impact ...

Microsoft’s web and Windows Outlook versions will no longer display inline SVG images, a format increasingly leveraged in cyberattacks. The company said it expects the change, which began rolling out ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

Abstract: This paper is written to exemplify the basic design idea and show the design procedure of a parameter drawing. Use of AutoCAD ActiveX Automation to access AutoCAD objects and ADO to build up ...

Abstract: To solve the problem of low efficiency, frequently occurred mistakes, and the necessity of manual query and record in the compilation of data-gather documents in enterprises, a mathematic ...

The Developer tab unlocks powerful automation tools in Excel—macro recording, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), XML import, and form-controls. Because most users rarely use these features, ...

Have you ever found yourself endlessly clicking through repetitive steps in Excel, wishing there was a way to make the process smarter and faster? While Power Query is a fantastic option for ...

From the department of "but… why?" comes news of Linux running in Microsoft Excel, although all might not be as it seems. There are various painful ways to run Excel on Linux – using a web-version in ...

Microsoft has announced that starting later this month, ActiveX controls will be disabled by default in all Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 apps—including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ...

Microsoft 365 will start blocking ActiveX by default The “powerful” tool put users at risk of remote code execution Users won’t be able to create or interact with ActiveX objects Microsoft has ...

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. Introduced almost three decades ago, in 1996, ...