Re: install active x without itunes ?

Subject: Re: install active x without itunes ?

From: steve gulie <email@hidden>

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:55:50 -0700

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On Jun 26, 2005, Rob wrote:

I'm embedding a quicktime video clip in a web page (using object+embed

tags), and it works great if the user has quicktime installed.

But for a Windows/IE user who does not have the active x control, it

redirects the to a download for iTunes + Quicktime.

I like iTunes and all, but would rather not force a 20 Mb download

just to view a couple of embedded video clips.... is there way to

install just the Active X control, on it's own, without iTunes ?

appreciate any help on this,

You can't download the ActiveX control by itself; it needs the dlls and system-level software of QuickTime to do its job.

You can download just QuickTime, however. This reduces the download to 11 MB. It's available at:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

You can add a link in your Web page for people who want QuickTime but don't to download iTunes right now.

I don't believe you can change the default QuickTime download page in Internet Explorer, however. AFAIK, it has no equivalent to the Pluginspage attribute for ActiveX controls.

Hope this helps,

Steve

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