About advanced controls

By using advanced controls in Microsoft FrontPage, you can add functionality to a Web site. You can choose from two types of ActiveX advanced controls. Browse-time controls, are available to site visitors when they are viewing a page in a Web browser. Design-time controls (DTCs) are available when you are creating a Web page in FrontPage.

Some advanced controls may not be suitable, or simply will not work, on a Web page. Originally used as tools by software developers, advanced controls prevented the need to rewrite commonly used pieces of code. Controls designed explicitly for software creation will not work in FrontPage or on the World Wide Web.

Browse-time controls

ActiveX browse-time controls run when a Web page containing the control is loaded in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Some ActiveX controls are installed as part of Microsoft Windows 95 or later, and many are installed along with certain types of software. ActiveX controls can execute a wide range of behaviors, which may include displaying calendars or stock tickers.

Design-time controls

DTCs are a special type of ActiveX control that you can use in FrontPage. For example, software developers sometimes write DTCs to use in creating content on a Web page during design time. When that Web page is browsed, a site visitor sees only the output of the advanced control, which is usually text.

Note  Security vulnerabilities in external files or controls may extend to Web pages that use those items. For example, external style sheets (files with a .css extension), script files (files with a .js extension), custom ASP.NET controls, or other items, may pose a security risk. Be sure your style sheets, add-ins, themes, executables, scripts, controls, or other files come from trusted sources.