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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:25:23+00:00

Has anyone not noticed that JQuery uses ActiveX controls? When a user has limited

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Has anyone not noticed that JQuery uses ActiveX controls?

When a user has limited their activex security they will get script prompt popups and a yellow bar accross the top of their browser window. -This setting is by default on Windows Servers. -Internet Cafe’s dont support Active X. -Company internal workstations dont support this.

Considering this I don’t see how people can use JQuery in a commercial application.

Do you use JQuery in a commercial application? Does this concern you? Do you think I should be concerned with this?

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  1. Only spot where ActiveX is mentioned in the jQuery code is for the ActiveXObject which is used for XMLHttpRequests: 

    // Create the request object; Microsoft failed to properly // implement the XMLHttpRequest in IE7, so we use the ActiveXObject when it is available var xhr = window.ActiveXObject ? new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP') : new XMLHttpRequest();

    There’s an open issue here … seems like jQuery doesn’t fallback to use the native XMLHttpRequest on IE7 (this is probably what you’re experiencing).

    Also this might help: link

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