SharePoint 2007 ActiveX Controls List 

Tags: Office System, Administration

My colleague, Chris Alechko, has put together a great list of ActiveX controls and their use in SharePoint.

ActiveX Controls that must be allowed in the browser

  • MSCAL.OCX (Calendar control – included with Microsoft Office Professional or installed with Microsoft Access)
  • MSCOMCTL.OCX (Common Controls)
  • MSCOMCT2.OCX (Common Controls2)
  • OWSSUPP.DLL (ExportDatabase – To export a list to a Microsoft Office Access database, OpenDocuments – Launch Office applications to open documents)
  • STSLIST.DLL (ListNet – Edit list in Datasheet view)
  • NAME.DLL (Display presence information for people, integrate with Outlook and OCS)
  • OISCTRL.DLL (OISClientLauncher – Integrate with Office Picture Manager)
  • INLAUNCH.DLL (OpenXMLDocuments – Launch InfoPath to open forms)
  • MSHTMLED.DLL (RTEDialogHelper – Allows use of rich text editor)
  • OWSCLT.DLL (SpreadSheet Launcher – Integration with lists and Excel)
  • STSUPLD.DLL (Multiple File Upload – Gives the option for multiple files to be uploaded)

Some organizations, like financial institutions and the US Goverment, explicitly control which ActiveX controls are enabled Internet Explorer Add-ons. If you do not allow these ActiveX controls for use on your SharePoint Collaboration sites, you will lose at a minimum the functionality in parentheses following the name of the control in the list above.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Collaboration Requirements

Chris also suggests the following Minimum Requirements for full functionality in MOSS Collaboration Sites:

  • Memory: 1 GB Ram
  • Operating System: Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista
  • Web Browsers: IE 6.x/7.x/8.x
  • Valid E-Mail Address
  • JavaScript enabled
  • ActiveX enabled

Reference

Update 10/08/2009: As Chad pointed out in the browser, Microsoft’s Level 1 browser support is for Internet Explorer 6 and above on Windows platforms. I’ve modified the minimum requirements for full functionality above. A functional but sub-optimal experience is provided in other browsers in the following list:

  • Operating System: Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 7, Linux/Unix, Mac OSX
  • Web Browsers: IE 6.x/7.x/8.x, Firefox 3.x, Safari 3.x
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    Chad Schroeder commented on Wednesday, 7-Oct-2009
    A great compilation of information. Should the minimum reqs for 'full functionality' include the Level 2 browsers (FF and Safari) since they will not run ActiveX? And what about the OS's that do not support ActiveX (without additional software and/or hacks)? And poor Chrome did not make the list!

    Tom Resing commented on Thursday, 8-Oct-2009
    Good points, Chad. I'll update with Chris' suggested requirements.

    peter St-Jean commented on Monday, 14-Dec-2009
    I like your breakdown. I'm part of integration were we check out the apps so that our users desktops will function properly. They have made a test lab and we see that Sharepoint Spreadsheet launcher gets installed from using the files on sharepoint. WHat I'm looking for is an executable or the files that get written so we could script this and have all users having it even before getting to website and doing exel. Any assitance would be gratefull . thanks

    Tom Resing commented on Wednesday, 16-Dec-2009
    Peter, I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you referring to users clicking on an excel document in a Document Library? Tom
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