Maintaining ActiveX Control and Automation Server Objects

When the ActiveX sheet of the External Components Browser has focus, the Components menu ActiveX submenu provides the commands listed in the following table that enable you to maintain ActiveX control and automation server libraries.

Menu Command	For details, see …	Action
Import	Importing ActiveX Control Libraries and Automation Libraries	Displays the ActiveX Import Wizard, which enables you to import a control or automation type library (accessed by selecting the Control Library or the Automation Library submenu command)
Remove	Removing an ActiveX Type Library	Removes the ActiveX type library selected in the External Components Browser
Extract	Extracting and Loading ActiveX Schema Definition Data	Extracts the ActiveX type library selected in the External Components Browser
Register Server	Registering an ActiveX Server	Displays the common File dialog, to enable you to select the ActiveX server that you want to register
Unregister Server	Unregistering an ActiveX Server	Removes the selected ActiveX server from the operating system registry

In addition, you can use the Superschema command from the View menu to view all ActiveX control and automation server libraries imported into superschemas in the External Components Browser of your current schema. For details, see "Displaying All Superschema External Components in Your Current External Components Browser", later in this chapter.

For details about the actions that you can perform from the ActiveX sheet of the External Components Browser, see the following subsections.