Question

I created a cab file that contains my activex using CABARC.exe. I also created an .inf file. My inf file looks like this:

[version]
    signature="$CHICAGO$"
    AdvancedINF=2.0
[Add.Code]
    MySetup.exe=MySetup.exe
[MySetup.exe]
    file-win32-x86=thiscab
    clsid={49892510-B520-4b35-8ADF-57084DD2F717}

My html looks like this:

<object name="secondobj" style='display:none' id='TestActivex'  
 classid='CLSID:49892510-B520-4b35-8ADF-57084DD2F717' 
 codebase='http://myurl/MySetup.cab#version=1,0,0,0'></object>

I created the CABARC using the following commmand:

C:\tools\Cab\BIN>CABARC.EXE N MySetup.cab MySetup.msi setup.inf

I also added http://myurl to the trusted sites. Now the first time I opened the html page in IE, I saw a yellow bar, which I accepted. However it never installed the activex control. I dont see the installation in my program files nor can I see anything in the event logs or in the temporary download folder or in the “manage add-ons”. Now everytime I open the webpage in IE, I do not see the yellow bar anymore.

Can anybody help me out here please?

Answer 1

It looks like my .inf was off. Here is what worked for me:

[version]
Signature="$CHICAGO$"
AdvancedINF=2.0

[Setup Hooks]
hook1=hook1

[hook1]
run=msiexec.exe /i "%EXTRACT_DIR%\MySetup.msi" /qn

To make the cab:

CABARC.EXE N MyActiveX.cab MySetup.msi setup.inf