ActiveXObject in Firefox or Chrome not IE

Question

I am trying to create an ActiveXObject  to use FieSystemObject  but it s only supported in IE   Is there a way I can make it work in Chrome or FF  I need to read all the files in a specific given folder  and list those   Well  is there another way to do it

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ActiveX is only supported by IE - the other browsers use a plugin architecture called NPAPI  However  there s a cross-browser plugin framework called Firebreath that you might find useful

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ActiveX resolved in Chrome   Hello all this is not the solution but the successful workaround and I have implemented as well    This required some implementation on client machine as well that why is most suitable for intranet environment and not recommended for public sites  Even though one can implement it for public sites as well the only problem is end user has to download implement solution   Lets understand the key problem   Chrome cannot communicate with ActiceX  Solution  Since Chorme cannot communicate with ActiveX but still it can communicate with the API hosted on the client machine  So develop API using  Net MVC or any other technology so that through Ajax  call it can communicate with the API and API communicate with the ActiveX object situated on the client machine  Since API also resides in Client machine that why there is no problem in communication  This API works as mediator between Chrome browser and ActiveX   During API implementation you might encounter CORS issues  Use JSONP to deal with it   Pictorial view of the solution      Other solution   Use URI Scheme like MailTo  or MS-Word to deal with outlook and word application  If your requirement is different then you can implement your customized URI Scheme

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ActiveX is supported by Chrome   Chrome check parameters defined in   control panel Internet option Security   Nevertheless if it s possible to define four different area with IE  Chrome only check  Internet  area

User · Answer

No for the moment   I doubt it will be possible for the future for ActiveX support will be discontinued in near future  as MS stated    Look here about HTML Object tag  but not anything will be accepted  You should try

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