ActiveX notes

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Local Zone security settings must be enabled to allow successful ActiveX control downloads.
ActiveX controls are stored as Binary File rules with CAB (cabinet) as the file type.
Developers can access a Pega 7 Platform application as a service through an ActiveX control that they create as part of a Service COM interface.
When a user accesses different versions of Pega 7 Platform from one workstation, conflicts can occur between ActiveX control versions. These conflicts appear as directories named CONFLICT.ZZZZ, where ZZZZ is a number. To address this, log off, delete all the Pega 7 Platform ActiveX controls, and then delete all CONFLICT directories. (In some cases, you may need to use a Windows CMD session to see and delete the CONFLICT directories.)
Before 2001, Microsoft ActiveX controls were called OLE controls.
In many cases, ActiveX controls require storing temporary files on your local machine.