Registration and Bitness Pitfalls in COM/OCX/ActiveX Development (archived 2026-09-01)
A practical look at the 32bit/64bit, Visual Studio 2022, regsvr32/Regasm, administrator-rights, HKCR, and STA/MTA pitfalls that trip up COM, OCX, and ActiveX development. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/2026/04/15/001-com-ocx-activex-pitfalls-visual-studio-bitness-admin-rights/, as published on 2026-09-01. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-04-15.
Authors
- Go Komura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8895-8390)
Institutions
- Fujikura (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21614618
- Primary Topic
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00